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The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate examinations will be published on July 15. This time too, students will get their results on websites of respective boards and through mobile phones, said an official release. The results of all the boards will be published simultaneously on the day after handing over of copies of ... Read more

The results of the 29th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) written examinations were published yesterday. A total of 7,217 candidates came out successful in the second phase of the three-phased competitive examination. Of them, 3,049 are in general cadre, 1,718 in technical cadre and rest 2,450 candidates are placed in the both

3 custodial deaths HC orders independent inquiries The High Court on Monday ordered an independent inquiry into the three recent incidents of killing allegedly in police custody in the city. The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain asked the

Authorities not sure about how many artefacts stolen; no proper inventory done since 1982 “Insiders” stole nine gold medals and 17 antique silver coins from four showcases of gallery 21 of the National Museum and replaced those with bronze and steel replicas, reports The Daily Star. However, the authorities are not yet sure exactly how ... Read more

JS body suggests forming appeal board A parliamentary body yesterday recommended setting up a “telecom appeal board” allowing telecom operators and ICT based organisations to appeal against actions of the government and BTRC. On scrutinising a bill seeking amendments to the Bangladesh Telecommunications Act 2010, the

A trawler with 200 passengers sank on Sunday in the river Shitalakkhya, while 11 persons have gone missing. The rescue operation would be conducted till 9 AM today (Tuesday), police sources said. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authoriy (BIWTA) and Fire Service divers had started rescue

The government is likely to approve  an ambitious ‘Dohajari to Ramu via Cox’s Bazar, Ramu to Gundum of Myanmar Metre Gauge Rail Line’ project aimed at linking the  Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) connecting  the country’s rail system to a 14,000 -km network stretching from Europe to

A number of rare objects including a gold cross of Queen Victoria and 17 old coins with archaeological value have been stolen from the National Museum. The museum authorities have filed a case with Shahbagh Police Station in this regard mentioning that a total of 26 rare objects were

The cabinet yesterday approved the Bangladesh National Anthem, Flag and Emblem (Amendment) Act, 2010 with provision of maximum two years’ imprisonment or Tk 10,000 in fine or both for disrespecting the national anthem, flag or emblem. Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said this to reporters after the cabinet meeting

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has requested some countries, particularly those receiving Bangladeshi labour, to recognise both Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) and manual passports for issuing visas, saying both are equally valid for Bangladeshi nationals during the transition from manual passports to

Finds The Daily Star investigation into 2 custodial deaths Although the police is denying the custodial deaths of Mizanur Rahman and Mujibur Hossain, The Daily Star investigation has found that the fact is quite the opposite to that of the police version of the incidents. Police picked up businessman Mizanur Rahman from his Badda house ... Read more

Some of the 52 ancient buildings built by Hindu landlords and merchants during the 16th century at Panam Nagar of Sonargaon in Narayanganj have either gone under illegal occupation or facing extinction due to lack of maintenance, reports The Independent. In 2003, the government declared the Panam Nagar, 27 kilometres southeast of Dhaka city, as ... Read more

The Wildlife Division of Forest Department rescued a river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) locally known as Shusuk from Bhurungamari upazila in Kurigram and released it in Dudhkumar river on July 1. Fishermen netted the dolphin from Dudhkumar river on July 1 and brought it at Chandipara

Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to set up 10,000 digital centres across the country to bring the grassroots level people under the digital facilities so that the citizens can avail essential digital services. The objectives of the centres are to provide service like payment of different bills, e-top up, e-ticketing, e-commerce, online share trading and

Pak national held at airport with 1,000 rare birds Customs officials yesterday seized around 1,000 birds, mostly protected species, from a Pakistani at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. The immigration police arrested Ahmmed Shaikh Wahid, 29, around 2:00pm. He was trying to

Poor marketing and management made WASA’s bottled water ‘Shanti’ unprofitable. WASA has been selling its bottled water ‘Shanti’ since 2006. Profit remains elusive, although, WASA has been investing Tk five crore a fiscal year since 2006 on its bottled water project, Shaheda Islam, microbiologist of the bottled water plant

15 lakh to get cash assistance, jute-rotting machines Fifteen lakh jute farmers in the country will get Tk 200 each and training on ribbon retting, a method of rotting jute plants in small amount of water, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury announced yesterday. Traditionally, farmers remove fibre after rotting jute plants in water for two to ... Read more

The graduation ceremony of the students of the O’ Level 2009-2010 batch of Scholastica School was held on Wednesday, reports The Independent. Scholastica honoured its graduates and achievers on the Graduations and Academic Award Giving Ceremony held on June 26, 28, 29 and 30 at the STM Hall from 4 pm to

Rajuk won’t allow unregistered realtors to develop plots, build apartments Private land developers and real estate companies, who are not registered with Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk), will not get its approval for developing plots and constructing apartments from July 1. Only nine, out of 728 members of Real Estate Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), have ... Read more

Dhaka is the world’s 172th costliest city for expatriates out of 214 cities surveyed by a global consultant, Mercer, according to a report released on Tuesday. Luanda in Angola is the world’s most expensive city while Karachi in Pakistan became the world’s least expensive city taking 214th position, according to the latest Cost of Living ... Read more