Category: Strategic

The success rate in HSC and equivalent exams this year has dropped by about four percent over last year.

An acute shortage of officials and employees is now prevailing in the Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Comilla, hampering its normal activities.

The government has taken an initiative to modernise Thakurgaon Sugar Mills in a bid to reduce its ‘process loss’ through replacing its old machinery and introducing another option for sugar production from beet sugar alongside boosting its output from sugarcane. …

A total of 30 registered political parties, including Awami League and BNP, have submitted their earnings and expenditure statements for the year 2012 to the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday.

A parliamentary panel has recommended the distribution of 30,000 freedom fighters’ certificate that will stand up to machine scrutiny.

Bangladesh Armed Forces on Wednesday jointly hosted an iftar party in honour of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Senakunja in the Dhaka Cantonment.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has joined hands with Yunus Social Business (YSB) to provide financial and technical assistance to the development of the Social Business Incubator Fund to promote social business in vulnerable and underserved communities around…

Unauthorised, makeshift vending outlets erected on the sidewalks are adding to the problem of traffic congestion which has started increasing with the passing of every day leading to the holy Eid.

Md Shahidul Haque has become Bangladesh’s new Foreign Secretary after having performed the duties in an interim capacity since January.

Twenty-eight Bangladesh missions abroad failed to achieve their respective export targets set for the July-May period of the last fiscal year (2012-13) mostly because of moderate export growth.

Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr M Afsarul Ameen on Wednesday said the government will nationalise 2,252 non-MPO monthly pay order registered primary schools within the current month July.

The local administration will soon begin a crackdown on worn-out vehicles and unregistered rickshaws to free the city from traffic congestion during the holy month of Ramadan.

Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Thursday asked members of newly formed Special Security and Protection Battalion (SPBn) not to do excess in the name of providing security to the VVIPs.

Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) is celebrating 150 years of its formation through a three-day programme.

In an effort to help ensure the smooth supply of essentials during Ramadan, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling edible oil, pulse, sugar and chickpea across the country from Sunday.

The ‘Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Bill, 2013’ will be passed in Parliament the next week.

Within hours of the Supreme Court clearing admissions based on GPA grades, the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka has come out with a list of students selected for admission to Class Eleven.

Outgoing UNFPA rep lauds B’desh efforts in population management Bangladesh continues to move in the right direction, one step after next, in the areas of population management and promoting sexual and reproductive health, the UNFPA Country Representative in Bangladesh said…

The government on Sunday formed a five-member committee, headed by Justice Hasan Fayez Siddiqui, an Appellate Division judge, for choosing the new chairman of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) as the position will fall vacant soon.

President Abdul Hamid on Thursday urged all to contribute to the country’s development to make the hard-earned independence meaningful.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Sunday said special measures have been taken for holding the election to Khulna City Corporation in a free and peaceful manner.

After signing an agreement with Bangladesh, India has started shipping foodgrains on the Chittagong-Ashuganj-Agartala route. The first shipment started off this week. “It is a win-win for both countries. We can cut down heavily on the cost of transporting foodgrains…

Four new police stations started functioning in the port city of Chittagong on Thursday.

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Thursday said the opposition will join the upcoming budget session of parliament, but will not place any bill over the caretaker government system.

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury on Wednesday sought support from Sweden for improving safety and workplace conditions for women workers in the country’s readymade garment (RMG) industry.