Teachers seek PM’s intervention over MPO inclusion
Agitating teachers and employees of non-government schools, colleges and technical institutions on Sunday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to announce their inclusion in the government’s Monthly Pay Order for salaries and other benefits as they began their hunger strike on the day
Two new air bases to be built in country: PM
Expressing her firm optimism that Bangladesh Air Force would be turned into a most modern air force soon, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said two new air bases will be built in the country to further strengthen the force.
CJ resigned over his corruption, says Anisul
Law minister Anisul Huq on Sunday claimed that it was corruption that prompted chief justice Surenda Kumar Sinha to step down from his post. ‘The chief justice resigned as other judges refused to sit with him following 11 charges he is facing,
Looking back 2017 : Challenges galore for govt in New Year
The repatriation of the Rohingyas, general elections acceptable to all, stability in the overheated goods market, illicit capital flow and banking sector management remain major challenges for the government in the new year
Kim Jong Un says the nuclear button is always on his desk
(CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned the United States that the nuclear button is always on his desk. "The entire mainland of the US is within the range of our nuclear weapons and the nuclear button is always on the desk of my office.
'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' hits $1 billion worldwide
Just three weeks after its release, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" has already raked in more than $1 billion around the world. Disney (DIS), which owns the "Star Wars" production company Lucasfilm, said Sunday that global box office numbers for "The Last Jedi" stood at an estimated $1.04 billion.
Revelers around the globe ring in 2018 amid heightened security
(CNN)Throngs of revelers packed cities around the globe to usher in 2018 with public celebrations and fireworks, despite fears of terrorism and frigid weather in some places. In New York, hundreds of thousands of people packed Times Square in the 10-degree Fahrenheit weather to watch the 2018 ball drop and confetti rain down on the street.
Anthony Scaramucci: Trump's view on climate change might surprise you
Washington (CNN)Short-lived White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's tweet last week on climate change, saying that his actual opinion on the subject might surprise people
'The fruit of war': Pope Francis prints photo of Nagasaki victims
(CNN)Pope Francis is having cards printed and distributed showing a 1945 photo of victims of the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki along with the words "the fruit of war."The photo captures a boy carrying his dead brother on his shoulders while he waits for his turn at the crematory. It was taken by US Marine photographer Joe O'Donnell shortly after the bombs were dropped at the end of World War II.
Looking Back 2017: Education plagued by question leak
The government in the outgoing year failed to check question leak in public exams; it rather spread to the school-based terminal exams of elementary education, causing further slide in the already declining standards of education
