HC asks govt to explain legality
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to explain in four weeks the legality of its decision to enrol students at medical and dental colleges based on their grade point average... Full storyNational Mourning Day today
ACC files cases against Faruq, Yusuf
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed cases against former railway minister Suranjit Sengupta’s sacked assistant personal secretary Omar Faruq Talukder and suspended railway... Full storyStudents give govt until Aug 26 to cancel decision
PM backs admission system for medical, dental colleges without tests
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday told the cabinet that she was in favour of admitting students into medical and dental colleges on the basis of the candidates’ grades in SSC and HSC examinations. Full storyGovt to seek int’l expression of intent for Grameen MD
The government will seek international expression of intent to appoint a managing director of the Grameen Bank, said finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday. He made the disclosure a day after... Full storyNBR asks if Yunus deserves tax exemption
The National Board of Revenue will seek the opinion of the Ministry of Law on whether or not Grameen Bank’s founder and Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus could get tax exemption against his foreign earnings under the existing laws and regulations. Full storyHC frees wronged man after 5 years in jail
The High Court on Monday freed Md Zakir Hossain, an innocent man who had languished in jail for about five years just because he has his first name that is similar to that of a convict in a murder case. Full storyShab-e-Qadr today
Lailatul Qadr, the night of divine blessings and benediction, will be observed across the country tonight with due solemnity. The Qur’an was revealed on this night to show the mankind the path... Full storyOIC to suspend Syria
Foreign ministers at a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation agreed on Monday to suspend Syria from the international body, an OIC source said, further isolating president Bashar al-Assad. Full storyMamata’s toon tyranny to cost Rs 50,000
The state human rights commission on Monday ordered Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal to pay a compensation of Rs. 50,000 each to professor Ambikesh Mahapatra and his... Full storyDhaka rated the least liveable city
Dhaka has been placed at the bottom of the world’s 140 cities this year in terms of living conditions, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2012 Global Livability Survey. Full storySevere tailback in city
City dwellers witnessed an excessive traffic congestion on Tuesday after two major points in the capital had been blocked by medical admission-seekers for hours during rush hours, causing huge public suffering. Full storyCommittee to go ahead despite SoEs non-coop
A committee which was assigned to lease out the unused lands of the state-owned enterprises decided go ahead with the government plan despite alleged non-cooperation from the SoEs. Full storyBNP, fronts celebrate Khaleda’s birthday
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its associate bodies celebrated the 67th anniversary of the birth of the party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, midnight past Tuesday. BNP senior leaders, flanked by activists... Full storyMuggers stab trader to death in city
