Around 15,000 employees of 381 nationalised colleges yesterday demanded nationalisation of their jobs, saying they find it hard to make ends meet with their meagre salaries. Leaders of ‘Non-Government Employees Oikya Parishad in Government Colleges of Bangladesh’ said though teachers of…

BNP yesterday presented a list of its dead, sick, and hajj-performing leaders reportedly implicated in various 'fictitious' cases filed over the last one and a half months, reports UNB. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi placed the list at a press conference at the party's…

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, begins today with the incarnation (Bodhon) of the Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Sashthi at temples across the country amid stringent security, reports BSS. On the occasion, preparations in all the Puja pandals have nearly…

An alleged ‘drug trader’ was killed in a ‘gunfight’ in Mymensingh town early yesterday.  The deceased was identified as Sharif Ahmed, 32, son of late Nazim Uddin of Mymensingh town’s Krishtapur area.  On information that a gang of drug traders were engaged in…

Britain and the US are considering boycotting a major international conference in Saudi Arabia after the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the BBC has learned. However, Saudi Arabia warned yesterday it would retaliate against any sanctions imposed on the oil-rich kingdom as the Riyadh…

Union minister M J Akbar on Sunday responded to allegations of sexual harassment against him, reports Hindustan Times. Here’s the magnetic part…