The Trump administration's new rules for a US visa program widely used for technology workers are getting cautious praise from Silicon Valley amid surging demand for high-skill employees. The H-1B visa program, which admits some 85,000 foreign nationals each year, will give higher priority to people…

Three tests of the ongoing Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations have been deferred for Biswa Ijtema, which is scheduled to begin on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi on February 15. Chief of Inter-Education Board Coordination Subcommittee and Dhaka Education Board Chairman…

Awami League (AL) candidate Dr Syeda Zakia Noor Lipi, younger sister of former AL general secretary and public administration minister late Syed Ashraful Islam, was elected Member of Parliament unopposed from Kishoreganj-1 constituency. Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Kisoreganj Md…

Outgoing Country Director of the World Bank for Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal Qimiao Fan yesterday said the global lending agency will continue to cooperate with Bangladesh for the country's economic development. He said this when he made his farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Jatiya…

Two police officers have been withdrawn on charge of gang-raping a woman after keeping her confined to Saturia Duck-bungalow. The action was taken against sub-inspector Sekandar Hossain and assistant sub-inspector Mazharul Islam of Saturia Police Station. The victim lodged a written complaint with the…

Bangladesh seized a record 53 million methamphetamine pills in 2018 — up 33 percent in a year — amid a deadly nationwide crackdown on the trade, officials said Sunday. Nearly 300 suspected drug dealers were killed last year, according to authorities, who insisted the seizure figure was proof…