The process of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) admission begins tomorrow. The admissions will be done on the basis of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exam results. Like last year, this year the applications for college enrolment will be received online and through mobile phones. A student can apply to up to 20 institutions of his or her choice unlike ... Read More »
Industries minister Amir Hossain Amu will represent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the oath taking ceremony of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Foreign Minister AH Mahmud Ali confirmed participation of Amu, member of the advisory council of the ruling Awami League, today at a press conference at his office. Mamata is scheduled to take oath on Friday. The decision ... Read More »
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali today said that BNP-Jamaat group’s allegations of crimes against humanity lodged with the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) against the government since 2013 have been found baseless. “A prosecutor of the court recently informed us through a letter that there is no legal basis of such allegations,” the minister said while talking to journalists at ... Read More »
Thousands of people displaced by Cyclone Roanu that ravaged the Chittagong-Noakhali coasts on Saturday could not return to their badly damaged homesteads till Monday evening and were passing days without food. The civil administration, however, claimed that they had enough relief in stock and were distributing them in the affected areas. An elderly woman, who was injured during the cyclone, ... Read More »
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced a former Sonali Bank official and two officials of Hall-Mark Group to life in jail for embezzling Tk 2.22 crore from Sonali Bank's Ruposhi Bangla branch by Paragon Nit Composite Ltd, a sister concern of Hallmark Group. The convicts are identified as Saiful Hassan, former assistant general manager of Sonali Bank’s Ruposhi Bangla Branch; ... Read More »
Bollywood actress Kajol, who has a career in films spanning over two decades, believes that showbiz is ‘simply just another business’ and is a man’s world. Wage inequality recently became a hot topic in Hollywood and Bollywood. When Kajol was asked about gender inequality in the film industry, she told IANS in an interview: “It is male dominated. There is ... Read More »
Deep in the heart of Hanoi, US President Barack Obama sat down for a $6 meal with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain on Tuesday. The chef, known for his love of adventurous street food, described the date in a series of tweets and an Instagram post. Here are six observations about the noodle summit at a hole-in-the-wall eatery. 1. Nobody appears to ... Read More »
Inspector General of Bangladesh Police AKM Shahidul Hoque today urged the law enforcers not to stop any vehicle on the highway in the name of raid without specific complaint. He made the directives at a meeting at the Police Headquarters in Dhaka this noon, said a press release of the police headquarters. The police chief also asked the policemen to ... Read More »
The government today deferred the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and diploma-in-business studies examinations scheduled for May 27 for Union Parishad election. The Election Commission is scheduled to hold UP election in 56 UPs in the fifth phase on May 28. “The Election Commission has requested us not to hold examination the day before the election day,” Mahabubur Rahman, chairman of ... Read More »
After two phases of namaj-e-janaza, Nurjahan Begum, the editor and publisher of weekly magazine Begum, was buried at Martyred Intellectual Graveyard in Dhaka’s Mirpur this evening. The first namaj-e-janaza was held at her Narinda residence in Old Dhaka while the second one was held at the Gulshan Azad Mosque this afternoon. Earlier in the day, people from all walks of life ... Read More »
Bomb blasts killed scores of people in Jableh and Tartous on Syria's Mediterranean coast today and wounded many others in the government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases, monitors and state media said. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks in the cities that have up to now escaped the worst of the violence in the five-year-old conflict, saying it ... Read More »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that India will build and operate a key Iranian port after his talks with President Hassan Rouhani. India would invest $500m (£344m) to develop the strategically important Chabahar port, close to Iran's border with Pakistan, he said.The port would open a transit route to Afghanistan and Central Asia for Indian goods and products, avoiding ... Read More »
Adhora Khan, a new comer to the Bangladeshi movie scene, is gradually getting her strong foothold in our film industry. Recently she has signed with her first movie titled ‘Pagoler Moto Bhalobashi’ which is directed by familiar film maker Shahin Suman. The film is being produced under the banner of ‘Arabi Films International’.The movie is all about a triangular love ... Read More »
Several thousand cyclone stricken people in Tajumuddin upazila of Bhola are passing days in misery under open sky. Meanwhile, an elderly woman, who wounded during the cyclone in Patuakhali, died this morning, raising the death toll from the cyclone to 24. Cyclone Roanu damages homes of many families in Tajumuddin upazila of Bhola. Photo: Arifur Rahman After losing everything in ... Read More »
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the students and guardians for best use of the opportunities and facilities made available by the government for promotion of education and find job after the education. She said her government has attached highest importance to education aimed at making true the vision of government to make Bangladesh as middle income country by 2021 ... Read More »
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