Pass rate 82.2 per cent, up by 4.43 per cent from last year
The combined pass rate in this year’s Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations stood at 82.2 per cent, show the results published on Monday.
Girls outshine boys in SSC, equivalent exams results
Girls are ahead of boys in the combined results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations published on Monday.
41 killed in Moscow plane fire
At least forty-one people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed on Sunday, including two children, after the aircraft caught fire as it made a bumpy emergency landing at a Moscow airport, Russian investigators said.
Brunei backs down on gay sex death penalty after international backlash
Brunei will not impose the death penalty on those convicted of having gay sex, in an apparent bid to temper international condemnation following its roll out of strict new Islamic laws last month.
Hasina started making AL strongest, unparalleled: Hanif
Awami League acting general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Sunday said the party president Sheikh Hasina has started making the party strongest and unparalleled so that none can undermine its achievements.
Tarique, Fakhrul sued, investigation ordered
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court on Sunday asked police to investigate a complaint filed by Jananetri Parishad president AB Siddique accusing acting BNP chairman Tarique Rahman, its
Dr Kamal re-elected GF president, Reza Kibria new gen secy
Gono Forum on Sunday announced its 111-member new central committee, formed through the April 26 special council re-electing Dr Kamal Hossain its president and electing Reza Kibria its new general secretary.
Support cyclone affected people: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, now in London on an official visit, has asked the authorities concerned and Awami League leaders and activists to help the people affected by the cyclone Fani after prompt assessment of the losses caused by the storm.
Flash flood strikes haor areas in north-east Bangladesh
People in the haor region in Bangladesh’s north-east started facing flash flood on Sunday because of heavy rains caused by cyclone Fani inside Bangladesh and upstream in neighbouring India while the rebuilding of damaged houses began elsewhere.
The Sunday school children: The little-known tragedy of the Sri Lankan Easter attacks
The first church Mohammed Nasar Mohammed Azar tried to blow up had already finished its service by the time he arrived. The Easter Sunday mass there had started early.
