Cheating in public exams growing
The number of students adopting unfair means like copying and helping each other in public examinations is increasing, causing alarms among education board officials. According to inter-education board coordination subcommittee data, 976 students were expelled during Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent exams held under eight general, one madrassah and one technical education boards in 2017.
DU senate picks 3-member VC panel amid protests
A special session of Dhaka University senate on Saturday nominated a three-member panel for the chancellor to appoint one of them as the university’s next vice-chancellor amid protest from students and boycott by BNP-Jamaat-backed white panel of teachers.
GULSHAN CAFE ATTACK Police find no involvement of Japanese-Bangladeshi Saifullah
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Saturday said that it found no evidence of involvement of Bangladeshi-origin Japanese Muhammad Saifullah Ozaki, a suspected extremist, in the July 1 Gulshan café attack.
PM for sharing experience among delta countries
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday stressed importance of the sharing of water management experiences among Delta Coalition member countries for the benefit of the future generation of densely populated delta areas.
Judiciary should be free from political interference: CJ
Chief justice SK Sinha said on Saturday that the judiciary should always be free from political interference. At a function of Bangladesh Women Judges’ Association in Dhaka, he also urged the government to make a law fixing the number of judges at the Supreme Court to reduce political interference in the judiciary.
Australian authorities arrest 4 in alleged airplane terrorist plot
(CNN)Authorities in Australia foiled a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane and arrested four men Saturday, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced at a news conference Sunday in Sydney.
Russia to seize US properties in retaliation over sanctions
The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded Friday that the United States cut its diplomatic staff in Russia and said it would seize two US diplomatic properties in a sharp response to a new sanctions bill the US Congress passed a day earlier.
Police push back against Trump's law-and-order speech
(CNN)President Donald Trump's statement encouraging police officers to be "rough" with people they arrest has drawn criticism in law enforcement circles for sending the wrong message at a time of heightened tensions with the public.
Apple is removing VPN apps that allow users to skirt China's Great Firewall
Apple is removing software from its app store in China that allows users to skirt the country's Great Firewall. The operators of two virtual private networks, or VPNs, said Saturday that they had been notified by Apple that their products were being removed from its app store in China.
Trump rips China after North Korea missile test
(CNN)A day after North Korea tested a ballistic missile that it claims can reach all of the United States, US President Donald Trump ripped China for not reining in Kim Jong Un and his missile program.
