The Awami League General Secretary, Syed Ashraful Islam, yesterday  iterated his call to party leaders and activists to be vigilant, so that the horrific incident that shook the nation 40 years ago on August 15 does not take place again. “Were the Army, Navy, police forces, intelligence agencies…

About 95 per cent students who passed this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations won’t be able to get admitted to 32 public universities due to seat crisis. On Average, a little over 17 admission seekers will have to vie for one seat as the 32 universities,…

Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club salvaged full three points beating Rahmatganj MFS 1-0 in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier Football League at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the capital yesterday. Nigerian striker Ismail Bangura Nigerian headed home the match winner early in the 10th minute utilizing an…

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to hold a meeting of the 20-party alliance tonight to discuss the latest developments in the political arena, strategies and the next course of action, according to alliance sources. Ahead of her London tour, this will be the first meeting of the former premier with…

Investigators probing the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine yesterday said they had identified pieces that “possibly” come from a Russian-made BUK missile, where the plane crashed, reports AFP. International and Dutch investigators are probing “several…

Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and other political leaders appealed for calm yesterday as anger flared over the police killing of two demonstrators during a protest against a new constitution, reports AFP from Kathmandu. Hundreds of police reinforcements were sent to the country’s troubled…

It is getting extremely difficult for Bangladeshi seafarers to manage jobs in foreign ships due to widespread use of false documents, officials of the foreign ministry have said. Quite a few countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and India, have already expressed…