Friday, July 11, 2025

Govt finds 1,000 Hajj passports ‘suspicious’

Hajj agencies asked to give more docs The government has asked Hajj agencies to provide more documents of 1,000 ‘suspicious’ Hajj pilgrims to decide whether they will be allowed to go to Saudi Arabia. ‘As we have found passports of about 1,000 people suspicious, we have asked Hajj agencies to provide financial statements and other ... Read more

Social safety should be ensured to end child marriage: roundtable

Development activists, population experts and government high officials on Thursday said despite having preventive laws, child marriage could not be stopped in the country for lack of social protection, education and awareness. At a roundtable organised on the eve of the first ever International Day of Girl Child to be celebrated on October 11, they underscored the ... Read more

SSC maths exams in creative system from 2015

The students, who will take the Secondary School Certificate examinations in 2015, will have to answer the question for mathematics and higher mathematics in creative question method instead of the century-old descriptive-type. The education ministry on Thursday issued a circular, signed by education secretary

World Tourism Day observed

The World Tourism Day was celebrated in Bangladesh on Thursday to make it a tourist destination. ‘Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development,’ was the theme of the day this year. To mark the day, Bangladesh Tourism Board organised a roundtable discussion at the National Press Club. Speaking at the session civil aviation and tourism ... Read more

Honda inks deal to assemble motorbikes in Bangladesh

The Honda Motor Company, Japan’s biggest motorcycle manufacturer, and the Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation on Thursday signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in Bangladesh to assemble, and later manufacture, motorcycles by the end of this year. The joint venture, Bangladesh Honda Private Ltd, will assemble 10,000 motorcycles in the

Draft BTRC orders eye slashed P1 internet rate

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has drafted a host of orders for mobile operators to give better services to subscribers including reduced rate for ‘pay as you go’ or P1 internet package. The commission on Thursday posted the draft on its web site and sought public opinion by October 10. As per the draft orders, the ... Read more

Canada keen to help Bangladesh realise its economic potential

Canada is eager to extend support to Bangladesh’s economy and boost the country’s foreign direct investment receipts, Heather Cruden, the Canadian high commissioner to Bangladesh, said yesterday. “Canada joins the world in applauding Bangladesh’s impressive economic growth of 6 percent in the last five years,” said Cruden at the luncheon programme of the Foreign Investors’

Promoting PPP projects for ultra poor underscored

Rights activists on Wednesday urged all concerned to promote public-private partnership to improve health, education and livelihood for the ultra poor, particularly to ensure their food security. The call was made at a national workshop on ‘sharing evaluation findings and lessons learnt: health, education and livelihood support programme for ultra poor households project’ at

ADB to give $50 million loan

Improving Primary Healthcare ADB to give $50 million loan The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $50 million to finance a project which aims to help improve primary healthcare services for the urban poor. Iqbal Mahmood, senior secretary to the Economic Relations Division (ERD) and M Teresa Kho, country director of ADB’s Bangladesh Resident Mission,

School dropout rate higher in three hill districts: Study

Due to linguistic barriers and improper academic curriculum, school students of the three hill districts are being deprived of quality education, which causes high dropout rate in the region compared to the national level dropout, a study has revealed. While the average dropout rate is around 30 percent at primary schools at national