HSC, equivalent exams begin amid fear of question leaks
Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations began across the country on Monday with the authorities making a number of new arrangements for preventing question leaks
Cast vote for boat to keep up peace, dev: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday described the ‘boat’ as the ‘symbol of the people’ seeking vote for it saying Awami League’s re-election in the next polls was crucial to keep up the peace and the current development spree.
BNP to contest Khulna, Gazipur mayoral polls: Fakhrul
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday decided to take part in the elections to Khulna and Gazipur city corporations scheduled for May 15 as ‘part of the movement.’
PRIVATE BANKS CRR to decrease, govt deposit to increase
The government on Sunday decided that the mandatory cash reserve requirement of commercial banks would be reduced to 5.5 per cent of their deposits from the existing 6.5 per cent and state agencies would deposit 50 per cent of their funds instead of the existing 25 per cent, in private banks
BGMEA gets another year to demolish its building
The Appellate Division on Monday, for the third time, extended the deadline for demolishing BGMEA’s illegal building on Hatirjeel Lake in the capital.
They led a national march. Now Parkland students return to a school they say 'feels like jail'
(CNN)Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School return to class Monday, their first day back since organizing one of the largest youth-led protests in US history.
Emmy-winning producer Steven Bochco dies at 74
(CNN)Steven Bochco, a producer whose boundary-pushing series like "Hill Street Blues" and "NYPD Blue" helped define the modern TV drama, died Sunday after a battle with leukemia. He was 74
China's Tiangong-1 space lab plummets to earth, breaks up over Pacific Ocean
(CNN)It was a fiery end to what was once one of China's highest profile space projects.The Tiangong-1 space lab re-entered Earth's atmosphere Monday morning, landing in the middle of the South Pacific, China Manned Space Agency said.
Immigrant 'caravan' heading to US-Mexico border sparks Trump's concern
Washington (CNN)On Sunday morning, President Donald Trump referenced an impending series of immigrant 'caravans' moving through Mexico to spark his call for Congress to pass strict border laws.
Kim Jong Un 'deeply moved' by K-pop concert in Pyongyang
(CNN)North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol Ju, clapped and waved as he attended a rare concert of South Korean singers and performers in Pyongyang.
