The absence of competitive tariffs and licences for multiple revenue schemes hinders the level-playing field of the privately owned public switched telephone network (PSTN)-commonly known as fixed land phone operators, who have already become pawn in the country’s telecom chess-board. The telecom ministry and the Bangladesh Telecommuni-cation Regulatory Commission (BTRC) have recently
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Too good, but too late
Bangladesh Win World Cup Pre-Qualifier 2nd-Leg 2-0 Too good, but too late So the World Cup dream of Bangladesh is over. But not before the boys of Nikola Ilievski put up a show that was spectacularly daring. The only thing missing was perhaps the belief that they could overturn Lebanon’s impressive 4-0 home leg advantage. ... Read more
Top 20 under Dhaka Board in HSC Exams
City colleges dominate list The educational institutions in the capital dominate the list of top 20 institutions in this year’s HSC examination results under Dhaka Board published yesterday. Only five colleges outside the capital have secured positions in the list of top 20 colleges, prepared by the education ministry, on the basis of five
Fate of 100000 students uncertain for seat crisis
University Admissions Fate of 100000 students uncertain for seat crisis Around 100,000 students who have passed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations this year would not be able to get admitted into the country’s public and private universities due to lack of sufficient seats. A total of 574,261 students—310,849 male and 263,412 female—came ... Read more
SM Sultan Utsab begins in Narail tomorrow
SM Sultan Utsab 2011, an event sponsored and supported by mobile phone operator Banglalink, will begin in Narail tomorrow. Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (1923-1994) was one of the legendary painters in Bangladesh. He won the Ekushey Padak in 1982, Bangladesh Charu Shilpi Sangsad award in 1986 and the Independence Award
Boys defeat girls in pass rates
Female students lag behind male students in terms of pass percentage in Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations this year. The pass percentage of female examinees is 75.01 with 2,63,412 coming out successful among 3,51,153 while 75.14 percent of male students passed the
Madrasa students mark 89pc pass rate
For six straight years, Madrasa Education Board has topped the success charts, among the 10 education boards achieving an astounding 89.57 percent pass rate in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations. The average success rate of the board has increased by more than three percent this year compared
11 greater dists to be made city corporations
The present government will upgrade the municipalities of 11 remaining old districts to city corporations within its tenure to ensure better civic facilities. LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam told this to newsmen yesterday emerging from the deputy commissioners’ conference at the cabinet division of
HSC results better a little
75.08pc pass exams; 10,500 more score GPA-5 this year More than three-fourths of the total number of students appeared in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate examination passed marking a slight improvement in overall academic standard. For the first time in the country’s history the combined pass percentage under 10 education boards, including Madrasa Education Board ... Read more
Interference in recruitment
Lawmakers fight with minister over 7,000 jobs in railway Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain and members of a parliamentary committee yesterday quarrelled over lobbying and interference in recruitment of some 7,000 class-III and class-IV employees for the railway. At a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on the communications ministry, several ruling Awami League lawmakers alleged ... Read more
Free Suchitra Sen’s Pabna house: HC
The High Court Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to free the paternal homestead of the subcontinent’s renowned actress Suchitra Sen in Pabna town from illegal occupation, and hand it over to the government, reports UNB. A division bench of the High Court comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice
BSF kills 187 Bangladeshis since Jan 2009
Indian Border Security Force has killed 187 Bangladeshi nationals on the frontiers since January 6, 2009 when the Awami League-led alliance assumed office. According to figures available with rights organisation Odhikar, 976 Bangladesh nationals were killed, 990 injured, 226 arrested, 956 abducted and 14 were raped by BSF personnel and 184 went missing after
Oil-gas body begins tour today
The national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports will begin today its four-day countrywide tours for mass contact from the capital to push for its seven-point demands. The demands of the organisation include the scrapping of the model production and sharing contract 2008 and the deals signed with ConocoPhillips for exploration ... Read more
Lebanon too serious despite advantage
With one foot already in the main qualification round, Lebanon vowed to take Bangladesh seriously when they take on the hosts in the second round second leg match of the World Cup pre-qualifies in Dhaka on Thursday. A buoyant Lebanon team arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday knowing that all they have to do is to ... Read more
HSC results today
The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations will be published simultaneously today. The results will be released at 2:00pm through the respective centres, educational institutions, websites of all education boards and also short message services (SMS) of different mobile phone
Agora takes over PQS
Rahimafrooz Superstores Ltd that operates supermarket chain Agora has acquired PQS, another renowned brand. From August 1, all five PQS outlets across the capital will be operated under the brand name of Agora. “We reached an agreement two weeks back to take over PQS. This move is part of an expansion plan we have been working ... Read more
Sugar price yet to come down to govt-set level
The retail price of sugar in the capital was yet to come down on Monday to the level set by the government, while soya bean oil was being sold at the government-set price where it was available. On Monday, it was found that some retailers in the capital were selling sugar at a price higher ... Read more
HRW urges India to probe border killings by BSF
The government of India should undertake a speedy, fair, and transparent criminal investigation into fresh allegations of killings, torture, and other abuses by the Border Security Force (BSF) at the border with Bangladesh, New York-based organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday. Those against whom there is credible evidence of culpability should be prosecuted ... Read more
Jamuna continues to threaten Sirajganj town
Sirajganj town protection embankment went under serious threat at Ghurka area where about a 90-metre chunk collapsed due to further rise of the river Jamuna on Sunday night. The Jamuna recorded a rise of 1cm at Bahadurabad and 3cm at Serajganj and was flowing 15cm and 6cm above its flood level at the two points ... Read more
Wireless internet becoming popular
Modem based Broadband Internet Service [BIS] is becoming increasingly popular in Bangladesh, while Banglalion brand is gradually turning into dominant player with Qubee at the second position. Another Service name Zoom, which is offered by Bangladesh’s only CDMA mobile phone operators Citicel is loosing market because of its extremely poor service and the company fails ... Read more