GOVT PROCUREMENTS ACC mum over mega corruption scams

The Anti-Corruption Commission has made no visible move against the mega corruption allegations the government faces over its procurement processes for projects as well as departments.

Dhaka for int’l efforts to expedite Rohingya return

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to place some new proposals at the UN General Assembly for international efforts to expedite repatriation of the Rohingya people to Rakhine of Myanmar,

Government works to improve nurses’ skill

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government is working to upgrade nurses’ training standard to an international level to meet growing demand of specialised nurses at home

Dengue patients still double outside Dhaka

At least 536 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in last 24 hours ending at 8AM Wednesday.

DU ENROLMENT CONTROVERSY BCL attacks protesters seeking resignation of VC, dean

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League on Wednesday swopped on protesters seeking resignation of Dhaka University vice-chancellor and its business studies faculty dean as they allowed 34

A rare look inside Samsung's secretive ideas lab

I’m standing inside Samsung Digital City, where some 35,000 employees work, eat, play, and work some more in Suwon, South Korea. It feels like a university campus with green parks, throngs of

Trump on Cokie Roberts' death: 'She never treated me nicely. But I would like to wish her family well'

President Donald Trump on Tuesday reacted to the death of veteran journalist Cokie Roberts by saying "she never treated me nicely" before extending his well wishes to her family.

Sri Lanka Abolishing executive presidency not a viable strategy

FOR the past month the issue of who will be the presidential candidate of the ruling UNP has been dividing the party and diverting attention away from its needs to develop an election manifesto that

India hopes to gain control over Pakistan Kashmir

India’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that the part of Kashmir controlled by Pakistan belongs to India and that he expected India to gain physical control over it one day, raising the rhetoric over the

Speedy trial process not speedy enough

All the Speedy Trial Tribunals failed to complete trials in sensitive cases in 135 working days as mandated by the Speedy Trial Tribunal Act 2002.