Jamaat’s hartal ignored
The countrywide 24-hour hartal called by the Jamaat-e-Islami was ignored on Thursday as it had hardly any effect the daily normal life.
PM reaffirms Bangladesh’s support to Palestine
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reaffirmed Bangladesh’s support to the people of the brotherly country of Palestine.
SSC results: Rural students left behind again
Less than 50 per cent students from rural schools passed the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations for the third consecutive year ending 2016.
Nizami buried
The executed Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami was buried at Santhia in Pabna on Wednesday morning while Jamaat and Shibir activists held ghayebana janaza for Nizami at places including Dhaka amidst some incidents of clashes in Chittagong and Rajshahi.
Quarrel over cricket claims GPA 5 holder’s life
A schoolboy was killed in a quarrel over playing cricket in the capital’s Mirpur on Wednesday, hours before his result of GPA 5 in this year’s secondary school certificate examinations was out. The victim was identified as Babul Shikder, 17, son of Mostafa Shikder and resident of Barabagh area of Mirpur.
PM sees no justification of failure in public exams
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said she sees no justification of failure in the examination as the government is providing huge opportunities for them for studies.
SSC results published with 88.29 pass rate
The results of Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations published on Wednesday morning with pass rate 88.29 per cent which last year was 87.04 per cent.
Nizami hanged
Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami was hanged at Dhaka Central Jail on early Wednesday for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Independence. Nizami, 73, was hanged at 12:10am on Wednesday, senior jail superintendent Jahangir Kabir told reporters at the jail gate.
War Crime trial an internal issue of Bangladesh: Pak editors
Pakistani newspaper editors said that the ongoing trial of the war crimes in Bangladesh was its internal matter and people, especially the intellectuals, of Pakistan believed reactions of politicians on the issue would hamper the friendly relations of the two countries.
Over 100 Bangladeshi names, entities in Panama Papers
Nearly 103 individuals, entities and addresses with links to Bangladesh figure in the latest edition of Panama Papers and offshore leaks that reveals information about offshore companies in tax havens.
