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Lowest HSC result in 20 years: Return to ‘normalcy’ or a systemic failure?
04:11 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayBangladesh’s 2024 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) results have sparked nationwide alarm, laying bare the deep cracks in the country’s education system. With an average pass rate of just 58.83 per cent across 11 education boards.
Dhaka tops HSC results in both pass rate, GPA
03:49 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayDhaka Education Board has topped the list of the nine general education boards in this year’s HSC and equivalent exams results, in both pass rate and achieving GPA-5.
Girls again outperform boys in pass rate, GPA-5 achievers
02:47 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayGirls once again outperformed their male counterparts in both pass rates and GPA-5 achievers in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations.
NCP won’t join July Charter signing event without legal basis
01:44 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayNahid Islam, Convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has said that signing the July Charter without a legal basis would be meaningless.
Zero pass in 202 institutions; up from 65 in 2024
12:20 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayThis year, no student passed in 202 educational institutions across the country in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations, meaning the pass rate in these institutions was zero.
HSC results: GPA-5 achievers drop to 69,097
11:21 AM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayA total of 69,097 students across the country achieved GPA-5 in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations. Last year, 145,911 students had achieved GPA-5, marking a decrease of 76,814 this year.
Over 5 lakh students fail HSC exams; failure rate 41.17%
10:43 AM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayMore than five lakh students failed this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations, with 41.17 percent of examinees unable to pass.
HSC exam results published; pass rate 58.83%
10:07 AM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayThe results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations were published on Thursday morning.
Voting underway in RUCSU elections
09:16 AM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayVoting has begun for the Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union, Hall Union, and Senate Student Representative elections. The voting started at 9:00 am on Thursday and will continue until 4:00 pm.
Trump authorises CIA covert operations in Venezuela
08:57 AM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayUnited States President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that he has authorised the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out covert operations in Venezuela.
Shibir-backed panel wins landslide in CUCSU polls
08:17 AM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayThe Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel, titled Sampritir Shikkharthi Jote, has secured a landslide victory in the Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (CUCSU) elections, winning 24 out of 26 posts, including vice-president (VP) and general secretary (GS).
Referendum won’t have importance if held on election day: Taher
10:11 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Amir Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher has said vote cast rate would be low if the next national elections and referendum are held on a day...
‘Even 19% won’t do’: MPO teachers stand firm as govt offers 5% rent allowance
10:01 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayAfter four consecutive days of protests by MPO-affiliated teachers demanding a 20 per cent house rent allowance, the Finance Ministry has agreed to provide 5 per cent or a minimum of Tk 2,000 in rent.
We will sign the July Charter but with clear notes of dissent: Salahuddin
09:43 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayBNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has confirmed that his party will sign the July National Charter, but emphasised that differences of opinion will be formally recorded as “notes of dissent” within the document itself.
MIGA pledges $500m to revive Bangladesh’s export development fund
09:32 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayIn a significant boost to Bangladesh’s export sector, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a key arm of the World Bank Group, has committed $500 million in loan guarantees to relaunch the country’s Export Development Fund (EDF).
Bangladesh forget how to win, back to the dark days of odi cricket
09:10 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayHas Bangladesh gone back twenty years in ODI cricket? Has it hit rock bottom once again in the 50-over format?
Pakistan end South Africa's 10-Test winning run
08:58 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayPakistan ended world champions South Africa's unbeaten run by completing a 93-run victory in an entertaining and hard-fought first Test in Lahore.
July Charter signing to be an occasion of national celebrations, hopes Yunus
08:27 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser and head of the National Consensus Commission (NCC) Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday, October 15, expressed optimism that the signing ceremony of the ‘July National Charter 2025’ will become an occasion.
Young hearts lose their storyteller: Rakib Hasan, creator of ‘Tin Goyenda,’ no more
07:57 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayFor countless young readers in Bangladesh, he was the quiet architect of their imagination – the man who taught them that courage could hide behind a school uniform, and that adventure might begin just beyond the familiar streets of home. Rakib Hasan, the visionary author who gave life to Tin Goyenda, passed away at the age of 74 at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital in Dhanmondi, following a sudden cardiac arrest during dialysis.
The city that eats and starves: Bogura waste two tonnes of food every night
07:28 PM, 15 Oct 2025 WednesdayIn Bogura, the air smells of spice and smoke — biryani simmering in giant pots, sizzling kebabs on iron griddles, the promise of comfort in every street corner. It is a city that knows its food, celebrates it, thrives on it. Yet, when night falls and the kitchens close, that same abundance curdles into tragedy.