A total of 11,54,778 students passed this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations, registering 89.03 per cent success rate, 2.66 per cent higher than the previous year. As many as 12,97,034 students appeared for the exam. Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Thursday announced
Month: May 2013
Kamaruzzaman awarded death penalty
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Thursday sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to death as he was found guilty of crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. The three-member tribunal, comprising its chairman justice Obaidul Hassan, justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and judge Md Shahinur Islam,
Hasina slams Khaleda, warns of legal action
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday warned that the opposition leader would be implicated in the cases filed for burning people alive and the copies of holy Quran as instigator of Sunday’s violence in Dhaka city. “She (Khaleda) is the instigator…she’s the accused of giving orders,” Hasina said. The Prime Minister came up with the ... Read more
Jamaat was a part of military govt, tribunal observes
During the country’s 1971 Liberation War Jamaat-e-Islami not only collaborated with the Pakistani occupation army, but also it became a part of the military government and the Pakistan army. “Jamaat-e-Islami, is the key architect of the crimes against humanity committed, in territory of Bangladesh in 1971, in violation of customary international law,”
8 killed in city garment factory fire
Mystery shrouds over the incident of fire at a highrise garments building at high rise garments factory building at Mirpur area in the city early Thursday that left eight people including the owner of the factory and an Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police killed. The fire broke out on the second floor of ... Read more
Hefazat suspends hartal on May 12
The Chittagong-based Islamist organisation Hefazat-e Islam Bangladesh (HIB) suspended its nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal, which was called on May 12. In a press conference at Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Muinul Islam Madrasa of Hathajari upazila in Chittagong district on May 7, the Islamist party announced the enforcement
Sporadic violence marks second day of Opposition hartal
The second day of the two-day countrywide hartal, called by the BNP-led 18-party Opposition alliance, passed off with stray incidents of violence on Thursday. In the capital, several crude bombs exploded at Gabtali, Mirpur Mazar Road, Pallabi, Tejgaon industrial area, Paltan and Bijoy Sarani during the early hours.
Jamaat calls hartal Sunday
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday called a nationwide dawn to dusk hartal for Sunday protesting verdict against its joint secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman for two wartime offences. The party announced the programme in a statement on Thursday following the ICT verdict that awarded death sentence to Kamaruzzaman.
Mancha leaders happy over Kamaruzzaman verdict
Ganajagaran Mancha leaders on Thursday expressed happiness over the capital punishment meted out to Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman for his involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. Hundreds of people, including Mancha leaders, cheered as the International Crimes Tribunal-2 delivered the verdict in a packed courtroom at 2 pm
Row over UK firm’s contract for passport booklets
The Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) is set to procure a large number of machine readable passport (MRP) booklets from a UK-based firm, despite knowing that it is a “risky venture” that costs around Tk. 350 crore of the public exchequer’s money. It is learnt that even though DIP knew about the bidder’s non-compliance ... Read more
‘Export not at the expense of safe working conditions’
Both the United States and Bangladesh have a shared interest in ensuring that the growth of Bangladesh’s export sector does not come at the expense of safe and healthy working conditions or fundamental labour rights, senior State Department officials said on Wednesday. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O Blake ... Read more
Savar death toll rises to 938
Rescue team recovered at least 61 more bodies from the debris of collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar on Thursday, raising the death toll in the disaster to 938 on the 16th day of the incident. Of the recovered corpses, 665 were handed over to the families while 98 have been kept on Savar Adhar ... Read more
Shahbag erupts in celebration
Shahbagh’s Ganajagaran Mancha brought out a jubilant procession in the capital on Thursday following the verdict of capital punishment to Jamaat-e-Islami’s front ranking leader M Kamaruzzaman for his crimes against humanity in 1971. Earlier in the day International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) condemned M Kamaruzzaman, assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, to death
Academic activities stall at univs
Academic activities at three public universities are being hampered seriously as teachers are on an indefinite work abstention programme over various issues. At Jahangirnagar University, a section of teachers started infinite work abstention on April 25 over the attack on a teacher of economics department by a Chhtra League
3 electrocuted in Barisal
Three people, including an employee of Barisal City Corporation, died of electrocution while fishing at Goriar Par of Kashipur in the city Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Syed Mizanur Rahman, 40, road-roller driver of Barisal City Corporation, Malek Howladar, 58, retired policeman, and Delwar Gazi, 35, fishermen.
Girl found dead in Barisal
A teenage girl was found dead at a residential hotel in the Barisal city on Thursday. Police recovered the hanging body of Rita, 17, of Bakerganj, from Hotel Sunflower at Falpatty in the city in the morning and sent it to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Leading artistes perform
Leading artistes and troupes presented timeless songs, poems and dance of Rabindranath Tagore on Wednesday evening at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. It was the second part of the day-long Tagore 152th birth anniversary celebrations programme organised by ministry of cultural affairs. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Karunamaya Goswamy, Papiya Sarwar honoured
Bangla Academy honoured researcher professor Karunamoy Goswamy and eminent singer Papiya Sarwar with ‘Rabindra Award 2013’ in a programme celebrating the 152nd birth anniversary of the Nobel laureate poet on Wednesday. Professor Zillur Rahman Siddique and Bangla Academy director general Shamsuzzaman Khan handed over certificates,
BRSSS holds three-day celebration
Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Sangstha’s three-day programme began with an average arrangement on Wednesday at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of the Central Public Library due to nationwide general strike. The celebrations lacked its customary colour and fanfare compared to previous arrangements of the past 23 years
Shunte ki Pao screened in Munich
Bangladeshi director Kamar Ahmad Simon’s Shunte Ki Pao was screened at the prestigious Munich International Documentary Film Festival 2013 on Thursday. Screening of the documentary will be repeated on May 12 at the same festival. The festival, which began on Wednesday, will screen a total of 131 documentary films from across the world. Shunte