PRIMARY, IBTEDAYI, JSC, JDC RESULTS : Schools perform better than madrassahs
Pass rate and number of highest grade point average achievers in primary and junior secondary exams show positive growth while in madrassah both the indicators show negative growth compared with the previous year.
BLOGGER RAJIB KILLING : Two to die, six get different jail terms
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 in Dhaka on Thursday sentenced two youths to death and jailed six others, including Mufti Jashim Uddin Rahmani to various terms, in the first ever case of the killing of a self-styled atheist blogger – Ahmed Rajib Haider Shovon – in 2013.
Security and terrorism: Jittery backdrops to New Year's Eve around the world
Disrupted terrorist plots. Increased police presence. Warnings to stay alert.Fears of terrorism and stepped-up security provide a sobering backdrop to planned New Year's Eve celebrations around the world.
Bill Cosby arraigned; TV star's attorneys vow to fight 'unjustified' charge
Hours after Bill Cosby set foot in a Pennsylvania courtroom to face sexual assault charges, the comedian's attorneys called the criminal case against him "unjustified" and vowed to fight it.
Jeb Bush abruptly cancels TV time to send staff into the field
Jeb Bush's campaign is drastically shifting its resources from the airwaves to the field, scrapping large advertising buys in early-voting states in hopes of reviving his floundering bid for the presidency.
Top aide to North Korean leader dies in car crash, state media say
Kim Yang Gon, a high-ranking North Korean official tasked with handling the fractious relationship with South Korea, has died in an automobile accident, state media reported.
5 countries crushed by oil price collapse
Countries that produce the world's crude are getting crushed by low prices. Huge budget surpluses are turning into deficits, and generous social programs are being replaced with austerity and cuts.
BNP rejects poll results
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday night decided to reject the results of the municipal polls for what they said ‘widespread vote rigging across the country.’
Elections completed peacefully, except stray incidents: CEC
Chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Wednesday said the polls to 234 municipalities were completed peacefully, except some stray incidents.
CGA finds huge gap in NBR revenue figure
Gap in the figures of revenue collected by the National Board of Revenue and calculated by the Office of the Controller General of Accounts has been widening over the years due to problems in compilation and documentation methods followed by the two agencies of the government.
