Daily Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman said he will take his medical treatment in the country as his visa application was rejected by the UK government.…

The Jatiya Party (JP), led by HM Ershad, was all praise for the team chosen by the President for the next Election Commission (EC), headed by former secretary KM Nurul Huda. The party hoped that the new commission would be able to hold a free and fair general election in 2019. However, other political…

Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said the government did not give permission to import salt to protect the interest of salt farmers, reports BSS. "There was pressure on me to give permission for importing salt last year but we did not give the permission because Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif yesterday urged BNP to extend support to the new Election Commission instead of 'opposing it for the sake of opposition', reports UNB. “The new Election Commission will be able to fulfill the nation's expectations. We hope all…

The results of the 36th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) written examination were published yesterday, reports UNB. A total of 5,990 examinees came out successful in the examination, Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) chairman Dr Muha­mmed Sadique told UNB. The viva voce of the examinees…

Some 2.8 lakh homeless families will be rehabilitated across the country by 2019 as per the Prime Minister's announcement, said Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury in Parliament yesterday, reports UNB. "The Prime Minister announced that no people would remain homeless. To implement this, some…

The Israeli parliament on Monday finalised a controversial law legalising dozens of Jewish outposts built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, reports AFP. The law -- approved by 60 members of parliament to 52 against -- was slammed by the Palestinians as a means to "legalise…

Two medical students sank down into a quicksand at Lalakhal Mistrighat in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Hasan M Sayeed, 25, son of Humayun Reza of Dhaka, and Ishak Ibrahim, 25, son of M Ibrahim Hossain of Chapainawabganj district. Both…