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No exam up to class III from 2021
The government’s decision to scrap examinations up to grade three at the primary level will be implemented from 2021, said Primary and Mass Education Ministry Secretary Akram-al-Hossain yesterday.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Post-Ershad JP split over party helm
Raushan Ershad was declared Jatiya Party chairperson yesterday as the rift between her and GM Quader over the party leadership and post of Leader of the Opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad deepens.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Relocation: Support our plan or leave the country
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said if the UN agencies do not support the government’s plan to move 100,000 Rohingya refugees to an island in the Bay of Bengal, they would be expelled, if necessary, reports the Deutsche Welle.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Jashore Rape: Fear of backlash held me back
The Jashore woman who was allegedly raped by a police officer and his “source” in the early hours of Tuesday has said she did not name the cop for fear of repercussions.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Tigers seek new beginning
Bangladesh cricket has not been in the best of states both on and off the field since a disappointing exit from the ICC World Cup in England, which was followed by a humiliating one-day series defeat in Sri Lanka. The Tigers will however try to put all those forlorn
4 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Cop held for ‘trying to rob’ businessman
A policeman was held allegedly for attempting to snatch Tk 10.5 lakh from a businessman in Dhaka’s Motijheel area yesterday.
The detainee is Al Mamun, 38, constable of Bangshal Police Station.
4 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Database on Bridges, Culverts: Poor data collection delays RHD work
Slow pace of data collection by field officials is holding back the Roads and Highways Department’s (RHD) initiative to create a database for automatically assessing the condition of bridges and culverts and suggesting remedial actions.
4 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Lab Tests on Milk: Everything same, only results vary
Same product, same sample, same batch. But take them to two different government labs for analysis, the results will vary by up to 766 percent or about nine times.
4 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Stocks keep on tumbling
The index of Dhaka Stock Exchange has come down a step further breaching the 5,000-point psychological barrier after consecutive declines in the last five trading days.
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Collect tolls for using nat’l highways
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed the authorities concerned to collect toll from long-haul vehicles plying the national highways, Planning Minister MA Mannan said yesterday.
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM
National Identity Cards: At least 73 dubious applications in EC database
At least 73 suspicious applications were uploaded to the Election Commission database for issuing national identity cards, a government committee has found while probing the forged NID card of a Rohingya woman in Chattogram.
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Why is Sunam not an accused?
A number of accused in the Rifat murder case yesterday vented their frustration inside and outside the courtroom, asking why local Awami League lawmaker’s son Sunam Debnath was not named in the case.
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM
No SIM card for Rohingyas
To stop Rohingya refugees from using mobile phones, the BTRC and carriers yesterday decided to halt sale of SIM cards in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar until further notice.
2 September 2019, 18:00 PM
State-owned Autonomous Institutions: Govt to utilise ‘idle money’
The cabinet yesterday approved a draft law that would allow the government to use “idle funds” of state-owned organisations for development work.
There are 68 state-owned autonomous organisation which have Tk 2,12,100 crore deposited in banks, said Cabinet Secretary
2 September 2019, 18:00 PM
IOCs can now export gas
International oil companies will now be able to export gas explored from Bangladesh’s offshore blocks in the Bay.
The government has reintroduced the provision for export of gas by the drilling companies in the Offshore Model PSC 2019. This will not be applicable for onshore blocks.
2 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Final Assam NRC a fiasco
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has dubbed the updated final NRC as a “fiasco” and said it has exposed all those who are trying to gain “political mileage” from the exercise.
1 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Possibly a test case before big attacks
Saturday night’s bomb attack on police near the capital’s Science Lab intersection was possibly a test case before a big attack, a senior minister said yesterday.
1 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Rifat Murder: Minni among 24 charged
Police yesterday pressed charges against Ayesha Siddika Minni and 23 others for alleged involvement in the daylight murder of her husband Rifat Sharif in Barguna, an incident that triggered a huge public outcry across the country.
1 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Stalked, schoolgirl takes her own life
A 15-year-old schoolgirl has allegedly died by suicide following harassment by a stalker in Pirojpur’s Bhandaria upazila.
31 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Camps in Cox’s Bazar: Activities of 41 NGOs halted for ‘misdeeds’
The government had suspended activities of 41 non-government organisations operating in the Rohingya camps for their involvement in various “misdeeds”, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday.
31 August 2019, 18:00 PM