Algerian military plane crash kills 257 people
(CNN)At least 257 people were killed on Wednesday when a military plane crashed near the Algerian capital, Algiers, state media reported.The plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Boufarik air base, between Algiers and the city of Blida. Ten of those killed were the plane crew
Pacific Mark Zuckerberg just finished nearly 10 hours of questions from almost 100 lawmakers
Mark Zuckerberg survived his first grilling by Congress. The second round was more difficult. The Facebook (FB) CEO was pelted with tough questions on the company's data collection practices and the need for new regulation during a five-hour hearing with the House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday.
No quota in public service recruitment: PM
Prime minister Sheiklh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that there would be quota system in public service since nobody wants it.
Protests continue across the country
Protests for reduction of quota to 10 per cent from the existing 56 per cent in government jobs continued across the country on Wednesday for the fourth consecutive day of the protests and spread from public universities to private universities.
QUOTA REFORMS FOR GOVT JOBS Protests resume, spread to pvt univs
Protests for reduction of quota to 10 per cent from the existing 56 per cent in government jobs continued and spread from public universities to private universities Tuesday, the third consecutive day of the protests
DU hall unit BCL chief expelled for ‘torturing’ anti-quota protester
The Dhaka University authorities have expelled a leader of Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, ruling Awami League-backed student organisation, for allegedly torturing a female protester inside the hall early Wednesday.
Muhith backtracks on VAT on pvt univs
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday backtracked on his position on imposition of value added tax on private universities hours after prime minister Sheikh Hasina ruled out bringing private educational institutes under VAT net.
Severe waterlogging looms over capital
The capital would face unprecedented waterlogging in the coming monsoon mainly due to its unplanned and insufficient drainage facilities, their poor maintenance, disappearance of the canals as a result of land grabbing and uncoordinated development activities carried out by government agencies, anticipates urban planners.
RAPE IN BUS Five to be quizzed for 3 days
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted police three days to question five suspects, who were reportedly held for raping a 24-year-old female garment worker on a moving bus of Jatriseba Paribahan at Dhamrai in Dhaka
Pacific Senate fails its Zuckerberg test
Mark Zuckerberg emerged unscathed from Tuesday's Senate committee hearing, and he did so in large part because most of the senators who asked him questions had no clue how Facebook worked, what the solutions to its problems are
