BNP decides to sit with govt, EC Standing Committee meeting held after 18 months

BNP on Saturday decided to sit with the government and Election Commission

sponsored dialogue to find out the ways of holding a free fair and credible parliamentary election and the party demanded national election first and complete withdrawal of emergency.

World's biggest experiment 'Big Bang' starts well

Scientists have hailed a successful switch-on for an enormous experiment which will recreate the conditions a few moments after the Big Bang.They have now fired two beams of particles called protons around the 27km-long tunnel which houses the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The £5bn machine on the Swiss-French border is designed to smash protons together with cataclysmic force.

Flood fears to ease: FFWC

The flood situation in the country will start improving from Tuesday as Brahmaputra waters have started receding at Nunkhoa point in Bangladesh, a senior FFWC official said on Sunday. Saiful Islam, executive engineer of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre, at a press conference also said Jamuna waters were stable on Sunday.

AL under fire for attending Iftar party with Jamaat

The leaders of 14 party alliance yesterday expressed their dissatisfaction over the attendance of some Awami League (AL) leaders at an Iftar party sponsored by the Saudi ambassador along with Jamaat-e-Islami man who played controversial role in the liberation war of Bangladesh.