Midday Brief

Committee to review public university teachers' pay 

The government has formed a cabinet committee to review the pay structure for public university teachers.

Remand for 5 Ansarullah men in Ananta murder 

A Sylhet court has granted a seven-day remand to five Ansarullah men,  including Bangladesh-born British citizens Towhidur Rahman and Aminul Mallik, accused in the secular writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy Das killing case.

4 held for leaking medical admission test questions 

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested four people, including a doctor, on the charge of leaking question papers of MBBS admission test from the capital’s Mohakhali DOHS area.

President, PM pay last tributes to Mohsin 

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid their last tributes to late Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsan Ali at South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in the capital on Wednesday.

Migrants face search for new routes 

Hundreds of migrants have spent the night at the closed Hungary-Serbia border, with many facing the choice of finding a new route to northern Europe.