Bangladesh Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed met with Bangladeshi expatriates at a reception held in New York. [Read more]

Heavy rain drenched Maine on Sunday and fishermen moved boats to shelter as Hurricane Kyle plowed northward across the Atlantic, triggering the state’s first hurricane watch in 17 years. [Read more]

Staff Reporter
Leaders of the Association of the Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) yesterday called upon the government not to approve the proposed ‘Non-Government University Ordinance-2008′ immediately fearing that it would hinder the growth of private university.They made their demand at a press conference held at Dhaka Reporters Unity in the city. M. A. [...]

UNB, Dhaka
Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is likely to be charge-sheeted in yet another graft case, as the Anti-Corruption Commission is scrutinizing the investigation report of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed against her, Tarique Rahman and five others.The investigation report of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case has been submitted to the anti-graft [...]

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Bangladesh Election Commission has started sending transparent ballot boxes to the constituencies for the upcoming elections. [Read more]

Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as ”Hud,” ”Cool Hand Luke” and ”The Color of Money” — and as an activist, race car driver and popcorn impresario — has died. He was 83. [Read more]

Rafiqul Islam AzadThe BNP-led four-party alliance is likely to hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss their participation in the forthcoming general polls dated for December 18 and expansion of the alliance to face the grand alliance led by Awami League.The secretaries general level meeting is expected to be held at BNP Secretary General Khondoker Delwar [...]

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The latest development in the BNP, that lead the four-party alliance, would break the impasse over registration with the EC before the parliamentary polls slated for December 18. [Read more]