Govt set to miss target of increasing TSR
The teacher to student ratio at secondary schools stands at 1:42, much higher than the objective of 1:30 by 2018, as mentioned in the National Education Policy.
ZIA CHARITABLE TRUST GRAFT CASE Khaleda’s bail extended till March 13
A special court in Dhaka on Monday extended the bail of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia until March 13 in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
Sakib back as Mashrafee rebuffs call for T20 return
Bangladesh on Monday announced the 16-man squad for the tri-nation Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka with injured captain Sakib al Hasan and without retired former captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza
7 banks face Tk 9417cr capital shortfall
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Monday informed parliament that seven of 57 the banks in the country –– four state-run and three private banks –– were facing shortfall of Tk 9417.42 crore in capital
10 passengers killed, 20 injured
At least 10 people, including three women and two children, were killed and 20 others injured when a passenger bus hit a parked trailer from the back on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Tribardi area under Sonargaon in Narayanganj on Monday
ATTACK ON STUDENT DU to expel 7 BCL leaders
The disciplinary committee of the Dhaka University on Monday recommended expulsion of seven Bangladesh Chhatra League unit leaders for torturing disaster management and science second-year student Ehsan Rafiq damaging hi eye for seeking his calculator to be returned.
Janaza of Rangpur city ex-mayor Jhantu held
The namaz-e-janaza of former mayor of Rangpur City Corporation Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu was held at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad in Dhaka on Monday morning. A guard of honour was given to the late freedom fighter and also a former lawmaker from Rangpur-1 constituency.
KHALEDA’S BAIL HEARING HC keeps order pending
The High Court on Sunday concluded the hearing in jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s petition for bail but kept its order pending until getting the records of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case from the trial court.
SSC QUESTION LEAKS Govt probe body finds questions leaked
The government committee has found that several leaked multiple choice questions of one or two subjects matched those given to the examinees at exam hall during this year’s Secondary School Certificate examinations.
LOAN SCAMS IN STATE-OWNED BANKS Directors go scot free, bank officials chased
Lower and mid-level bankers are facing prosecution for loan scams while boards of directors get off scot-free and even some of them have been promoted although they have failed to prevent misappropriation of billions of taka from the state-owned banks in the past nine years.
