PM visits Jessore today
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit Jessore on Sunday to join the President Parade-2017 marking the commissioning of Bangladesh Air Force officers and inaugurate different development projects in the district.
Pry pass rate falls to 8yr low, jr school to 7yr low
Pass rate of primary completion examinations fell to its eight-year low while combined pass rate in Junior School Certificate and equivalent examinations dropped to its seven-year low. Pass rate of Ibtedayi completion exam fell to its five-year low, show results published on Saturday
BSF shoots dead B’deshi, abducts another
The Indian Border Security Force shot dead a Bangladeshi trader and injured another along northern Lalmonirhat border in early Saturday when a senior-level meeting between border guarding forces was underway in south-eastern Chittagong
DEMO FOR MPO Teachers to begin hunger strike today
Khulna University graduate Abhishek Mondal never bent down to poverty on his way to achieving ‘first class’ at all levels in his academic career.After completing his master’s in sociology, he joined Shimu Reza MP College in Satkhira as a lecturer in 2012 with maintaining all official procedure
What's at play in Iranian protests?
(CNN)The largest public display of discontent in Iran since the 2009 Green Movement has brought about a series of tweets from US President Donald Trump, pushback from the Iranian government and a scene that might have been unfathomable a decade ago
9 celebrity feuds of 2017, starring Donald Trump
(CNN)Whether you relish President Donald Trump's combative style or are overcome with anxiety when he tweets, one thing is clear: Trump never backs down in a feud, and he is not likely to start in 2018
Once freewheeling, Mar-a-Lago buttons up -- some -- in Trump's first year
(CNN)The suntanned snowbirds who comprise Mar-a-Lago's membership have noticed something different at President Donald Trump's private club this winter. On the patio and inside the dining room, a red velvet rope now surrounds the table where Trump and his immediate family sit for dinner. Around him
Police kill a man at his home while responding to a fake call
(CNN)A California man was arrested in connection with a prank call to police that led to a man's shooting death in Wichita, Kansas
Ousted Catalan leader urges Madrid to accept results, negotiate
(CNN)The former leader of Catalonia urged Madrid to enter political negotiations following a regional election that gave pro-independence parties a majority in the Catalan parliament.
LOOKING BACK 2017 Soaring prices sapped consumers
Abnormal price hike of daily essentials, from rice to garlic and salt to onion, remained a matter of worry for the consumers throughout the outgoing year, with traders and importers making whatever they could out of the situation amid allegations of lapses in monitoring by the government agencies concerned.
