Public University teachers yesterday gave the government an ultimatum regarding fulfilling their demands till November 1 else they would have to adopt tougher measures. The teachers said they would carry out all academic activities including holding admission tests and classes till October 30after which…

Indian agencies, just like Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina, seem to discount the possibility of Islamic State's involvement in the recent killings of an Italian and a Japanese national in the neighbouring country, leading Indian daily the Times of India said yesterday. According to the report Indian…

Faulty designs, along with fragile security measures, have made the government websites of the country an easy prey for hackers, warned experts. In the last two years, several of the government websites were repeatedly hacked by local and foreign hackers. Though the sites were restored after a short…

A Rangpur court yesterday placed two people, including a local BNP activist, on a 10-day remand each in connection with the killing of Japanese national Hoshi Kunio at Alutari in Kaunia upazila, reports UNB. Those remanded were identified as Rashedun Nabi Biplab, 45, a member of Rangpur city unit BNP,…

The Bangladesh Power Development Board’s (PDB) former chairman, Khijir Khan, was killed at his home in Dhaka’s Badda on Monday. Unidentified men entered the house forcibly around 8.30 pm. Khan’s throat was slit from behind, the autopsy report said. The police suspect Khan’s death…

An Islami Chhatra Shibir activist was arrested yesterday from Awatapara village under Ishwardi upazila of Pabna in a case filed over the murder attempt on Christian priest Luk Sarkar. The arrestee, Obaidur Rahman, 22, of Awatapara village, is an activist of the local unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student…

Military Branch Chief of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Javed alias Taufiqul Islam (24), died in a self-engineered grenade explosion at Ananya Residential Area early morning Tuesday, 12 hours after his arrest in Chittagong. “After gleaning information from Javed…