Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Monday said bringing peace to the country's strife-wracked ethnic regions will be a priority for her government when it takes power, reports AFP. The veteran democracy champion's National League for Democracy (NLD) party swept landmark November polls that look…

In a significant move, the Posts and Telecommunication Division has directed the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to take measures to return call minutes to subscribers in case of call drops. The decision comes in the wake of a meeting of mobile phone operators called on October…

An alleged ringleader of a robber gang was killed in a gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Enayetpur area in Tangail yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mostafa, a ringleader of a robber gang in the district and accused in several cases including those over…

With the tagline 'Dependable electricity, satisfied customer', Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) organised the first of its six ‘mass hearings’ at its Dhanmondi 5A office yesterday. During the first hearing, the officials concerned and DPDC customers under the Network…

Agicultural and development economist Dr Mahabub Hossain, passed away on Monday at the age of 71, reports UNB. He was an adviser to the BRAC executive…

Four chemical elements have been formally added to the periodic table, completing the scheme's seventh row, reports BBC. They are the first to be included in the table since 2011, when elements 114 and 116 were added. The first true iteration of the table was produced in 1869 by the Russian chemist…