Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday gave directives to Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to continue its drives against drug abuse, including drug peddlers, as this menace is spreading fast in society, reports UNB. "We've been able to achieve a success conducting a drive against militancy. Now…

Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid said yesterday (Thursday) that no exams will be cancelled and retest held, as the leaked questions of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams had reached only a limited number of students. He said the probe body to unearth the evidence of question leak has found…

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday interrogated deputy inspector general Mizanur Rahman over allegations of accumulating wealth illegally. The commission started the interrogation yesterday morning, confirmed ACC assistant director (public relations) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya to The Independent.…

He lives in darkness and poverty, but refuses to bow down to either of them. Meet Abdul Mannan, 33, a sightless man since birth, who tries to make ends…

Speakers at a roundtable in the city yesterday urged to introduce a safety clause for journalists in Digital Security Act to safeguard freedom of press in Bangladesh, reports UNB. They were speaking at the roundtable at National Press Club on 'Mass Media in Bangladesh and Digital Security Act: Threats…

Speakers at a roundtable in the city yesterday urged to introduce a safety clause for journalists in Digital Security Act to safeguard freedom of press in Bangladesh, reports UNB. They were speaking at the roundtable at National Press Club on 'Mass Media in Bangladesh and Digital Security Act: Threats…

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said they had no plan to include the BNP in the Cabinet of the poll-time government as the party lacked representation in parliament. Referring to the formation of an election-time administration before holding the next polls, Quader, also the…

A gull lookalike with teeth: scientists refined their description Wednesday of a fascinating fowl at the evolutionary junction between dinosaur and modern bird — with skull features of both, reports AFP from Paris. Newly-discovered fossils show the extinct Icthyornis dispar, or “fish bird”,…