The rising cost of living caused by price hike of essential commodities and increase in house rent and transport fares pushed the back of the fixed earners and low income group to the wall as the country passed a difficult year on the economic front. A number of people from low-income group said they found ... Read more
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Dhaka int’l trade fair opens today
The yearly Dhaka International Trade Fair kicks off today, in which 47 foreign companies from 12 countries are participating. Organised by the Export Promotion Bureau and the commerce ministry, the fair has 506 stalls and pavilions showcasing products and services at home and abroad. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
‘Political conflicts main barrier to good governance’
Conflict between the two major political parties has become a major stumbling block in delivering good governance in the country, said speakers at a seminar organised by Sushashoner Jonno Procharabhijan (Supro), an alliance of non-government and civil society organisations at the grass-roots level. They added that various civil society organisations should play a more effective ... Read more
‘Strong EC no substitute for caretaker govt’
Judiciary under threat, says Rehman Sobhan Removal of the caretaker government system is not likely to be compensated by a strong Election Commission (EC), and the history of electoral politics in Bangladesh indicates that no ruling party has ever conceded defeat in polls, without the presence of a non-partisan government, Prof. Rehman Sobhan, chairman of ... Read more
Fresh survey to thwart Turag encroachment
The administrations of four districts in and around the capital have taken up a fresh survey to finalize the boundary lines on the banks of the Turag by January 15 to thwart any encroachment bid. Setting up of boundary pillars was stopped by the district administrations concerned when the river shrunk after the rainy season. ... Read more
Little accommodations for students with disabilities
Accommodation facilities for people with disabilities, are too inadequate to cope with their growing number hampering their mainstreaming in the society. Bangladesh Pratibandhi Kalyan Sangstha programme coordinator Azmal Hossain said that there were 16 lakh children with disabilities for whom the government needed to set up a large
Bike-riding muggers worry city dwellers
Law enforcers find it tough to tackle them Dhaka dwellers are terrified of bike-riding muggers, who in broad daylight snatch money from citizens on their way to or from banks and they do not give a second thought to hurting anyone. Even law enforcers are worried about the recent increase in such mugging incidents. At ... Read more
Biman in severe fund crunch
Board sits today to find way out Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ financial crisis has turned so grave that the national flag carrier is now struggling to manage its regular expenditure while its payable to different organisations piles up by the day. Biman owes Tk 247 crore-plus to its fuel supplier Padma Oil, more than Tk 270 ... Read more
Hamidullah Khan passes away
Sector Commander of 1971 liberation war and freedom fighter affairs secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Wing Commander (retd) M Hamidullah Khan, Bir Pratik, passed away at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on Friday. He was 74. He left behind his wife, two sons and a host of relatives, friends and well-wishers to mourn his death
Fuel oil prices go up again
In an unprecedented move, the government on Thursday raised the prices of all kinds of fuel – twice in 49 days – by Taka 5 per litre apparently in a bid to ease the balance of payment pressure which has been threatening macro-economic stability. Due to the decision made effective from Thursday midnight, the prices ... Read more
83.71 per cent cross JSC, JDC hurdles
Students fail mostly in English, maths A total of 83.71 per cent schoolchildren came out successful in the combined results of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations this year showing a 10.67 per centage point rise in pass rate from the last year. The pass rate in JSC exams is 82.67 ... Read more
JSC, JDC exams: best performers
Securing first place in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) in 2011, Rajuk Uttara Model School and College maintained the same in the Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations too across the country. The JSC results were published on Wednesday. In the selection of the best schools in Dhaka Division, Rajuk Uttara Model School and College
JSC, JDC exam results today
The results of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will be announced Wednesday. A total of 1861,113 students including 323,691 from Madrasah had registered to take the exams but nearly 55,000 skipped it. Education ministry and board officials said that the results are going to be published within
97.26pc pass pry terminal exams
The results of primary terminal examinations for the Class V students showed an upward trend this year too with a pass rate of 97.26 percent, according to results published on Monday. The pass percentage of the largest public examination in the country was 88.84 in 2009 when it was introduced for the first time and ... Read more
Monipur best school in country
Monipur High School in the capital’s Mirpur has emerged as the best school in the country in this year’s primary terminal examinations. Seventeen among the top 20 schools are from Dhaka. The rest are from Comilla, Chittagong and Khulna which secured seventh, 14th and 18th
Govt pry schools in dire straits
Government primary schools across the country are failing to provide students with quality education as the schools do not have adequate teachers and infrastructure, parents and teachers say. This continued deterioration of the standard of education in the schools left the guardians with no option but to send their children to kindergartens and English-medium schools ... Read more
Razzak laid to rest with state honour
People bade Abdur Razzak a teary farewell as the frontline organiser of the Liberation War was laid to rest at Banani Graveyard with state honour on Monday afternoon. A smartly turned out contingent of the police gave a state honour as bugles played the Last Post before the body was lowered into the grave at ... Read more
Cabinet okays death for terror funding
The cabinet on Monday approved the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2011, proposing capital punishment for financing terrorist activities. The home affairs ministry placed the bill at the weekly meeting of the cabinet seeking amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act 2009 to widen its scope for preventing terror
Science in review: 10 biggest stories for 2011
by Becky Crew, Cosmos Online From overachieving neutrinos to Earth-like planets and test tube sperm: here are the top 10 science stories of 2011, as chosen by the editors at COSMOS. Plus, we reveal which stories were particularly popular in the office. 10. HAS ARCHAEOPTERYX BEEN KNOCKED OFF ITS PERCH?
Nine people killed in Sylhet road accident
At least nine people, including a mother and her son, three more women, 2 drivers and 2 teachers, were killed and more than 40 injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on Sylhet-Tamabil highway at Jaintapur on Monday. Among the victims, four died on the spot while five others died ... Read more