Journalist Abdul Matin Fakir, Faridpur district correspondent of The Independent passed away on Tuesday night due to old age complications at Diabetict…

The BNP has started evaluating the opinions of its grassroots-level leaders before taking the next course of political action to free chairperson Khaleda Zia and force the government to hold the next general polls under a neutral administration, according to party leaders. As part of the plan, the party's…

Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU) authorities yesterday suspended six of its students allegedly for making derogatory remarks about the Prime Minister and BCL and spreading rumour on Facebook over the student movement for road safety, reports UNB. The suspended students are…

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested former MP Md Mafiqul Hasan Tripti from the city's Banani area yesterday over the killing of former National University Vice-chancellor Dr Aftab Ahmed in 2006, reports UNB. Special Super (SS) of CID's Dhaka city (South) Md Enamul Kabir told that…

The low departed on Tuesday night towards West Bengal and Odisha of India to become a well-marked low overland, anchoring over north-west India. But the convulsions in the Bay left the country experiencing a hot and humid day, without the rain necessary to keep it cool. The temperature recorded in the…

The government has decided to increase the number of seats by 500 for MBBS course in government medical colleges from 2018-19 academic session, reports UNB. The decision was taken a meeting held at the Secretariat yesterday with Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim in the chair, said a…

A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Komalla village of Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla early yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Faruk Mia, 32, son of Md Mantaz Mia of the same village. Tipped-off, an elite force…

The High Court (HC) yesterday rejected a writ petition challenging the legality of the appointment of Prof. M Wahiduzzaman to the post of vice-chancellor (VC) of Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU). After concluding the final hearing on the writ petition, the HC bench of Justice Md Ashfaqul…