Political uncertainties, growing militancy hold back FDI

Head of delegation of the European Union in Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon on Thursday mentioned that political uncertainties, growing militancy and unpunished assassinations were the impediments to gaining foreign direct investment in Bangladesh.

Lightning strikes kill 25

At least 25 people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in the capital and six other districts on Thursday as westerly low and seasonal low were lying over the country.

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.