Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the government will take legal action against the private universities which have failed to fulfill their conditions to run the university under the rules of the Private University Act-2010, reports BSS. Some of the private universities are yet to…

Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ICT) Minister Mustafa Jabbar yesterday said that the existing education system of our country has to change and digitalised for reducing the quantity of unemployed educated youths, reports UNB. "Although our technology sector has gained success…

Describing the transfer of 14 cases filed against its Chairperson Khaleda Zia to a Bakshibazar special court as a brutal government step, BNP on Wednesday alleged the motive behind the move is to influence the trial process, reports UNB. “The transfer of 14 false cases filed against our leader…

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed two cases against seven persons, including Jatiya Party MP Mahjabeen Murshed and her husband Murshed…

COMILLA: A young man allegedly hacked his aunt to death over a disputed land at Mahichail village of Comilla district on Wednesday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Rina Das, 40, wife of Ranjit Das of Mahichail village in Chandina upazila. Officer-in-Charge of Chandina Police Station Mohammad…

CHITTAGONG: A young man who went missing on Tuesday was found dead at Rangamati in Fatikchhari upazila on Wednesday, reports BSS. Police recovered the body of Moin Uddin, 27, son of late Abdul Haque of South Rangamatia village in the upazila with his hands and legs tied with rope from a pond in the…

The second phase polls to elect 25 registered graduate representatives to the Dhaka University (DU) Senate will be held on January 13, reports BSS. The elections will take place at 13 centres outside the capital city from 10 am to 1 pm while the third phase election is scheduled to be held at Bhawal…

DISCUSSION: The Hunger Project Bangladesh will organise a discussion at the VIP Lounge of the National Press Club at 10am. PRESS CONFERENCE: Swadhinata Shikkhak Karmachari Federation will hold a press conference at the Conference Lounge of the National Press Club at 10am. DISCUSSION: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam…

Data collection under the 2nd phase of the National Household Database (NHD) project will start on January 14 in 25 districts this year covering some 1.60 lakh households as part of the government’s bid to prepare an integrated database on socio-economic conditions of people and it will continue…

Eminent economist Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud yesterday stressed importance of human resource development for the overall progress of any country, especially Bangladesh. He also expressed cautions against taking up development projects that devastate the environment, reports UNB. Dr Wahiduddin came up with…

Kazi Mamunul Haq, economic editor of the now defunct the Bangladesh Observer, passed away at his Shantinagar residence in the capital on Tuesday night. He was 72, reports UNB.     Haq breathed his last at 10:30 pm after sufferings from different old age complications. He left behind two…

The 107th birth anniversary of Late Chief Justice Syed Mahbub Murshed, an eminent jurist, an independent thinker cum judge, and one of the greatest constitutional…

DU listed among 350 best universities of Asia Dhaka University was listed among the 350 best universities of Asia according to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking-2018. For the achievement, the Times Higher Education congratulated DU’s Vice-Chancellor Dr Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman…

Woman hacked dead in Comilla A woman was hacked to death over land dispute in Mohichile village of Chandina in Comilla on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Shilpi Rani Das, 38, wife of Ranjit Das of the village. M Ali Mahmud, officer-in charge of Chandina Police Station, said Shilpi…