US diplomat Bill Richardson resigned early yesterday from an Aung San Suu Kyi-appointed panel set up to ease communal tensions in Myanmar's Rakhine…

A special court in Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) fixed February 8 for delivering its verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and four others. In a jam-packed courtroom, Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of special court-5 fixed the date after…

The Election Commission (EC) yesterday announced that the voting to elect the next President of the country will be held between 2pm and 5pm on February 18 at the Jatiya Sangsad, reports BSS. The EC fixed February 5 for nomination paper collection and submission. Nomination papers will be scrutinised…

The education ministry yesterday announced that it has taken several steps, including closure of all coaching centres seven days prior to the start of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams, as part of the process of curbing question paper leaks. Again, the ministry has warned that it would cancel…