A human chain programme in the capital organised by students of private universities to protest the imposition of VAT on higher education was foiled by police yesterday The students are demanding the cancellation of 7.5 per cent VAT (value added tax) imposed in the current budget on private universities,…

A total of 10,726 candidates out of 62,850 were named in the second merit list for admission to higher secondary level in different colleges, sources in the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, said yesterday. The rest of the 52,124 admission seekers, however, will also get the opportunity…

Contradictory remarks by the state minister for home and officials of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on the arrest of culprits, who harassed women sexually during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations on the Dhaka University campus, have caused a flurry of confusion among the people in general. State Minister…

The reigning champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club returned to winning ways strongly with Emeka Darlington slamming a hattrick to down Soccer Club Feni by 6-2 in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier football League yesterday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. In the lone game of the day Emeka Darlington…