The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations of 2021 were published on Sunday with a pass rate of 95.26 per cent. The number of students securing GPA 5 is 1,89,169. The results were officially announced by the prime minister Sheikh Hasina virtually from the Ganabhaban while later in a press briefing the ... Read more
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Bangladesh announces closure of educational institutions till Feb 6
Bangladesh government on Friday announced closure of educational institutions for the next two weeks from today till February 6 amid a surge in Covid-19 transmission across the country. The cabinet division, in a circular uploaded in its website, also gave five more directives in the backdrop of a spike in Covid cases across Bangladesh. The ... Read more
School closure disrupts education of 37 million children in Bangladesh
Says Unicef, Unesco report The education of 37 million children in Bangladesh has been disrupted due to school closures since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, according to a report of Unicef and Unesco. The report titled ‘Situation Analysis on the Effects and Responses to Covid-19 on the Education Sector in Asia’ ... Read more
Gleeful reunion at Dhaka University
The Dhaka University campus was full of students as face -to -face teaching restarted yesterday after it was closed for 18 months due to the Covid 19 outbreak. The students of DU that has been vacant for a year and a half rushed now everywhere on the campus such as classrooms, libraries, seminars and cafeterias. ... Read more
Two ends of Bangabandhu Tunnel joined beneath the Karnaphuli river
Two ends of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel were met together under the Karnaphuli river on Thursday afternoon. With the cutter of the tunnel boring machine cutting through the wall, China Communications Construction Company Limited, the contractor, and China Road and Bridge Corporation, the constructor, successfully achieved breakthrough of both tubes of the tunnel. ... Read more
Victory Day today
The nation is set to celebrate the 49th Victory Day on Monday with elaborate programmes to pay deep homage to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country during the Liberation War in 1971. Bangladesh was born as an independent country on this day after the Pakistani occupation forces surrendered following a bloody nine-month ... Read more
Bangla Lesson for carbon polluters
Growing solar home system earns Bangladesh UN fund; first in the world Bangladesh has become the first country to get funds from the United Nations for its fast growing solar home systems, which are not only lighting up houses in off-grid villages but also showing the world the way to a low-carbon future. The United ... Read more
Human-elephant conflict increasing
At least 226 people died and 62 elephants were killed in last 12years and a half in growing incidents of human-elephant conflicts, said forest officials. They as well as wildlife conservationists blamed destruction of elephant habitats as the main cause for the incidents. They said that elephants were being squeezed into smaller habitats due to ... Read more
Absolutely Awesome
Terrific Tigers produce supremely premium stuff to thump down 9-wicket defeat on strong South Africa; clinch one-day series Who says bowlers should have all the fun? Ask Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal, and they will tell you that that opening period of the second innings, when they literally demolished one of the best bowling attacks ... Read more
Bangladesh beat South Africa by 7 wickets
Bangladesh’s participation in Champions Trophy confirmed It was not a full house at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. But the half-packed audience at Bangladesh’s home of cricket in Mirpur witnessed a turnaround that only suits a team affectionately called Tigers. With their back against the wall after three demoralising defeats including the first one-dayer that ... Read more
Wasa eyes two rivers
Plans to cut dependency on groundwater from 78pc to 30pc in seven years With groundwater depleting fast in the capital, Dhaka Wasa is going to set up three more water treatment plants to increase the use of surface water significantly in the next seven years. The plants will be installed at Gandhabpur of Rupganj, Jasaldi ... Read more
Bishwa Ijtema begins today
Thousands of pilgrims reached the banks of the Turag river in Tongi on Thursday on the eve of Bishwa Ijtema. The annual holy congregation of Muslims is the second largest after Hajj. It will be held in two phases as the large number of devotees cannot be accommodated at one time. The first phase, beginning ... Read more
Victory Day today
The nation would celebrate the 43rd Victory Day on Monday to pay homage to the sons of the soil whose supreme sacrifice brought Independence on this day in 1971. The day is a public holiday. The day will be celebrated across the country and Bangladesh’s missions abroad will pay glowing tributes to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ... Read more
Developers now own most of wetlands
Dhaka-mawa Highway Developers now own most of wetlands Poor farmers forced to sell lands as law not enforced Land developers are illegally filling up vast areas of wetland and converting huge areas of seasonal cropland to launch housing projects along the Dhaka-Mawa Highway. All the laws and policies formulated over the years to protect the ... Read more
Tigers make it 3-0
Bangladesh knocked off a target of over 300 runs to romp to a four-wicket win in the third one-day international, inflicting a 3-0 defeat on New Zealand in the three-match series at Fatullah on Sunday. The clean sweep victory, which came against the backdrop of a 4-0 win in the previous series between the sides, ... Read more
Wildlife in peril
Large vessels using channel thru’ the forest creating disturbance; regular waterway silted up for long A temporary water transport channel through the Sundarbans has turned into a regular route over the last two years as the authorities concerned have yet to restore the navigability of the original route. Subsequently, the ecosystem and wildlife of the ... Read more
Jatrabari flyover opens today
The much-awaited 10-kilometre-long Jatrabari flyover in the capital opens to the public today over three years after its construction work began. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to open the flyover at Shanir Akhra point near Dhaka-Chittagong highway at 3:00pm. She will later address an inaugural ceremony of the flyover opening at Osmani Memorial Hall, ... Read more
Risky rickshaws swarm roads
Run by battery, they are more prone to accidents; they gain access by bribing cops Battery-run rickshaws are plying many Dhaka streets flouting a government ban as the law enforcers turn a blind eye to it, allegedly taking bribes from the rickshaw owners. Officials at Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) said controlling rickshaws in city ... Read more
Farmers frown at jute prices
Cash-strapped BJMC virtually stays out of purchase; poor sale of golden fibre Jute farmers walk a tightrope this season. So does Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation. The BJMC, the biggest purchaser of raw jute in public sector, is running out of cash and is struggling to buy jute from the farmers and traders during the peak ... Read more
Gas crisis deepens
No hope of improvement before mid-Oct Surging illegal consumption together with spiralling demand on the one hand and a slight drop in production on the other has created an unusual gas crisis in the capital in recent weeks. When production is expected to increase keeping pace with a 10 percent annual growth in demand, the ... Read more