BU shut for indefinite period after student agitation
Authorities of Barishal University on Thursday announced its closure for indefinite period in the face of students’ agitation over five-point charter of demands and allegation of ignoring students in Independence Day programmes.
PM asks RAB not to harass innocent people
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the law enforcers, particularly the Rapid Action Battalion, to ensure peace by maintaining law and order to further accelerate the country’s development.
Three lessons from ‘failed’ Mueller inquiry
HERE are three important lessons for the progressive left to consider now that it is clear the inquiry by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russia-gate is never going to uncover collusion between Donald Trump’s camp and the Kremlin in the 2016 presidential election.
Mamata criticises Modi’s announcement of anti-missile test
An Indian opposition leader, Mamata Banerjee, said she was lodging a complaint against prime minister Narendra Modi over his announcement of an anti-satellite test on Wednesday, saying he had done it to ‘reap political benefits’ before an election.
HC asks BRTA, IGP to submit reports
The High Court Division in a suo moto orders Wednesday directed the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and the inspector general of police to submit by April 30 separate reports on drivers
Committee for curbs on fake licences
The committee, headed by former shipping minister and Bangladesh Road Transport Workers’ Federation executive president Shajahan Khan, formed to bring back order on roads and control
Conspiracy on to kill Khaleda: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that a conspiracy was on to ‘kill’ the party’s imprisoned chairperson Khaleda Zia in a
ABUSE OF NBR SERVER Finance minister says action to be taken
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said that actions would be taken against people responsible for abusing ASYCUDA World System, a web-based server of National Board of Revenue.
Imran fears conflict risk while India in election mode
Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan said he feared another security incident with India, after the two nuclear-armed countries engaged in a dangerous escalation that fuelled ‘war hysteria’ in New Delhi ahead of elections next month.
Trump finds media ‘Enemy of the People’
US president Donald Trump on Tuesday branded the mainstream media the ‘enemy’ and the ‘opposition party’ after the Mueller report cleared him of collusion, accusing journalists of covering the Russia probe unfairly.
