Dhaka – Two examinees of Secondary School Certificate (SSC), who failed to pass this year’s SSC examinations, reportedly committed suicide in Sreepur and Sadar upazilas in Magura on Thursday.
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SSC pass rate falls 8 percent
Dhaka – The trend of higher percentage of pass in results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations has been broken this year both in pass percentage and Grade Point Average (GPA)-5.
No gap between Executive and Judiciary: Minister
Dhaka – Law minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said that it was clear from the chief justice’s statement that there was no gap between the executive and the judiciary.
Former UP member’s eyes gouged out in Madaripur
Dhaka -Miscreants gouged out the eyes of a former Union Parishad member and resident of Gozaria village of Kalkini upazila in Madaripur on Wednesday.Victim Kabir Mridha, former member of a Bashgari Union Parishad, of the upazila.
Mother, daughter found dead in Kurigram
Dhaka – Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her daughter from their living room at Kanggaliapara village in Rajibpur upazila in Kurigram on Thursday.Police said Nazma Begum, 35, and her daughter Josna, 13, residents of the village, went…
5,000 illegal gas lines cut off in city
Dhaka – A mobile court on Thursday disconnected around 5,000 illegal household and organisation gas connections at Basila of Mohammadpur in the city. UNB news agency reported
BNP leader Khokon sent to jail
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sent BNP joint secretary general Khairul Kabir Khokon to jail in connection with five arson cases filed with Paltan Police Station in the city. UNB news agency reported
Putin-Erdogan for work to create Syrian safe zone
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on Wednesday to support the formation of “de-escalation zones” in Syria, saying both Russia and Turkey wanted to bolster the fragile truce in the war-ravaged country. The meeting between the former foes,…
80.35 pc pass SSC, equivalent exams
Dhaka, May 4 – The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations were published across the country on Thursday with 80.35 percent pass rate, which is 7.94 pc lower than that of previous year.
4 Shibir men held in Comilla
Dhaka – Police arrested four activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from a house in Brahmanpara upazila in Comilla on Wednesday.The arrestees are Shahin Alam, 27, Ishak Bhuiyan, 24, Hizbullah, 18, and Omar Faruk, 22. They…
HC dismisses directives for auto promotion
Dhaka – A vacation bench of the High Court yesterday (Wednesday) dismissed a writ petition seeking its directive for auto promotions to about 5,000 auditors of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) without any test.
141 journos harassed in 2016 Bangladesh
Dhaka – A total of 141 journalists, three online activists and three officials of a publishing house, including the owner, were subjected to a total of 320 violations in 147 different incidents including three killings in Bangladesh in 2016, according…
Full verdict in Raquib (13) murder by pumping air, out
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) Wednesday released full text of its verdict that had commuted the death sentence of two convicts to life imprisonment after revising their death penalty in 13-year-old Rakib killing case in Khulna in 2015.
4 ‘drug peddlers’ held in Jessore
Dhaka – Detectives arrested five alleged drug peddlers along with 4000 pieces of Yaba pills, 2 kg hemp and 155 bottles of Indian Phensidyl in Sharsha upazila in Benapole on Tuesday night.
42 held in Satkhira drive
Dhaka- In their separate drives in different parts of the district, police arrested 42 people from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning on various charges.
Huge venison seized in Satkhira
Dhaka – Members of Bangladesh Coast Guards in a drive seized 51 kilograms of venison from Kalirkhal area of the Sundarbans under Satkhira range early Wednesday.
4 to die for killing young Tutul
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced four people to death for killing Tutul, a student of class four, after abducting him on August 12, 2014.The four convicts are M. Dalim, Shohag Mia, Dulal Mia and Aminul Haque from…
3 schoolgirls go missing in Barisal
Dhaka – Three schoolgirls went missing from Banaripara in the city on Tuesday.The victims are—Swarna, a class VIII student of Banaripara Girls’ High School and daughter of Helal Khan of Rayerhat, her classmate Ankhi, daughter of Khalil Mistri, and Sumaiya,…
Main accused in Gazipur dad-daughter suicide case held
Gazipur, May 3 – Police arrested the main accused of the father-daughter suicide case from Karnapur village in Sreepur upazila on Tuesday night.
Inquiry of ‘special’ city bus services or deep freeze
Dhaka, May 3 – Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on Tuesday formed an eight-member committee to probe the necessity of operating ‘Sitting Service’ or ‘Gate Lock’ on the city streets.
Change needed in taxing policy to discourage smoking
Dhaka– Anti-tobacco campaigners have demanded introducing a ‘specific tax’ on tobacco products with the increase of tax rate from the upcoming 2017-18 fiscal, aiming to cut tobacco use in Bangladesh.“Tobacco taxation is very complex and a non-pragmatic system in Bangladesh,…
Judge stops bail of Mayor Nasir in journo murder case
Dhaka – The Chamber Judge Justice Hasan Foez Siddique of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the bail of suspect KM Nasir Uddin, granted by a High Court bench in the Shirajganj journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul…
Mayor faces charge of killing journo in Sirajganj
Police have pressed charges against 38 people, including Shahjadpur municipality mayor Halimul Haque Miru and his brother Habibul Haque Mintu, in the journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul murder case. Officer-in-charge (Investigation) of Shahjadpur Police Station Monirul Islam, also the investigation officer…
BGB seized Tk 185cr contraband items in Apr
Dhaka – Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods and illegal drugs worth around Tk 185.30 crore carrying out drives across the country, especially frontier ones, in April last.The paramilitary force also arrested 135 people, including women, for their alleged…
New deputy commissioners in 24 Bangladesh districts
In a major reshuffle in the administration, the government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to 24 districts. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification on Tuesday in this regard. Of them, six DCs were transferred and given new postings…
Syrian Govt appear used nerve gas on four recent occasions
All available evidence strongly suggests that on April 4, 2017, a Syrian government warplane attacked Khan Sheikhoun, a town in the northwestern governorate of Idlib, with a nerve agent, killing at least 92 people, 30 of them children. The death…
What it’s like to report in one of deadliest places for journos
Isai Lara Bermudez had just started lunch at a Tijuana barbecue joint when a stranger approached his table. “Watch out,” she warned him. “He’s after you.” Lara, an investigative reporter, had written a series of stories in February showing evidence…
We can’t delay action onenvironment and public health
“As we peer into society’s future, we—you and I, and our government—must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of…
Ansarullah Bangla Team IT chief held in capital Dhaka
Dhaka, May 2 – Members of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from the city’s Bhatara area on Monday night.
Minor schoolgirl violated in Dinajpur
Dhaka – A minor school girl was rapped allegedly by a man at Sahajpur Fakirpara village of Khansamaupazila in Dinajpur on Monday morning. Sources of upazila administration, said Somsed Ali, son of Syed Islam Ali, of the village, took the class III student…