President to sit with VCs soon
President Abdul Hamid will sit with vice-chancellors of all public universities soon as part of an initiative to introduce a unified admission test system for all universities.
PM leaves Zurich for home
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina left Zurich for Dhaka on Friday wrapping up her five-day official visit to Switzerland where she attended the 47th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum.
HRW repeats call to disband RAB
New York-based rights organisation Human Rights Watch on Friday reiterated its call on Bangladesh government to disband the Rapid Action Battalion and replace it with a ‘rights respecting force.’
BNP to wage movement if partisan EC formed
Bangladesh Nationalist Party is preparing for taking to the streets fearing that a ‘unilateral’ Election Commission might be constituted as per the desire of the ruling Awami League, party leaders said.
Ongoing refugee influx forces authorities to extend census
The large number of Rohingya refugees who recently entered Bangladesh fleeing ethnic persecution in their home country Myanmar has forced the authorities to extend its ongoing census of the refugees.
Obama's parting words: 'We're going to be OK'
Barack Obama used his departing words as President Wednesday to offer an assured -- if not entirely optimistic -- outlook for a country governed by Donald Trump.
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Troops ready to enter Gambia as president refuses to step down
A midnight deadline has passed in the Gambia, leaving the African country in flux with two presidents and West African troops massed on the border.
China's first freight train to the U.K. arrives in London
One of the longest train journeys in the world has just ended. The first freight train from China to the U.K. rolled into London on Wednesday, more than two weeks after it left the Chinese port city of Yiwu. The journey covered nearly 8,000 miles.
Graft in utilities, regulatory authorities, select depts ACC steps up drives
The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to intensify its drives against corruption in public utilities, regulatory authorities and government offices which deny service to public unless bribed. Under the initiative ACC on Wednesday formed 14 dedicated teams to hunt corruption in 15 organizations, which include utilities, regulatory authorities as well as select government departments.
