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5,494 educational institutions achieve 100pc success in SSC exams
02:36 PM, 30 Dec 2021 ThursdayA total of 5,494 educational institutions achieved 100 percent pass rate in this year's SSC and equivalent examinations, while the number was 3,023 last year...
Nations try to balance Omicron restrictions while keeping economies open
02:03 PM, 30 Dec 2021 ThursdayGlobal COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed on Wednesday, as the Omicron variant raced out of control and governments tried to contain its spread without paralysing fragile economies...
Covid: Omicron and Delta driving tsunami of cases - WHO
01:39 PM, 30 Dec 2021 ThursdayThe combination of Delta and Omicron variants is driving a dangerous tsunami of Covid-19 cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief has said...
1,83,340 students get GPA 5 in SSC exams
01:19 PM, 30 Dec 2021 ThursdayA total of 1,83,340 students got the highest grade point average (GPA 5) in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations under 11 education boards across the country this year. Last year the number was 1,35,898...
New COVID-19 cases in US soar to highest levels on record
12:05 PM, 30 Dec 2021 ThursdayMore than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average, a surge driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant...
93.58% pass SSC, equivalent exams
11:44 AM, 30 Dec 2021 ThursdayA total of 93.58% of students have passed in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations. The pass rate was 82.87% last year. The results were published at 10:45am on Thursday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina published the results virtually after inaugurating the free textbook distribution programme...
Results of SSC, equivalent exams published
11:15 AM, 30 Dec 2021 ThursdayThe results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations have been published. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina published the results virtually on Thursday after inaugurating the free textbook distribution programme at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital...
Shabnur hospitalized with Covid-19
09:36 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayPopular Dhallywood actress Shabnur was admitted to a hospital in Australia's Sydney on Wednesday with coronavirus infection...
Indonesia says it will push back Rohingya refugees adrift
08:38 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayIndonesian authorities have said they will push a boat containing 120 Rohingya Muslims back to international waters despite fears that it could sink off the country’s northernmost province of Aceh...
BNF, IOJ place proposals to President for EC formation
08:27 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayThe Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) on Wednesday placed a three-point proposal while the Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) placed four proposals to President M Abdul Hamid on the fifth day of the ongoing dialogue aimed at forming an independent, neutral and acceptable Election Commission (EC)...
Purchase Committee approves 5 power sector proposals
07:54 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayThe Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today approved five power sector proposals, including setting up a gas or Regasified Liquified Natural Gas (RLNG) based 660 MW power plant at Mirsharai upazila in Chattogram.
Veteran actor Sohel Rana shifted to ICU
07:03 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayVeteran actor and freedom fighter Sohel Rana, who got admitted to a hospital on Saturday with coronavirus infection, has been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) following his physical condition had deteriorated...
495 new Covid cases, 1 death in 24 hrs
05:50 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government recorded 495 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections stood at 15,84,518 and fatalities rose to 28,063, a health directorate press release said on Wednesday. Bangladesh, however, first reported its coronavirus cases on March 8, 2020...
Palestinian Authority’s Abbas visits Israel’s Gantz in rare trip
05:25 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayPalestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has held talks with Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz during a rare visit to Israel...
S Africa recalls new isolation, quarantine rules
04:48 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdaySouth Africa has recalled rules that no longer required people without symptoms of COVID-19 to isolate or test if they have been in contact with a positive case, the government announced on Tuesday, saying an amended circular will be re-issued...
Mbappe downplays transfer talk
03:44 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayKylian Mbappe said he does not plan to leave Paris St Germain in January despite mounting speculation about his future and that he hoped to add to his trophy haul at the end of the season...
India fears new COVID wave as Omicron infections spread
02:46 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayThe Omicron variant of the coronavirus is raising fears of a third wave of the pandemic in India. The country on Wednesday reported a total of nearly 800 Omicron cases, while COVID-19 infections rose by 9,195 new daily cases – a 44 percent spike from the previous day...
RMCH records two more deaths in Covid-19 unit
02:09 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more deaths in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today...
Launch fire: 2 more bodies recovered
01:44 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayBodies of two more people were recovered from the Sugandha river on Wednesday morning where a massive fire broke out at the MV Abhijan-10 launch. With these, the death toll from the launch fire rose to 44. Kobad Ali Sarker, Assistant Director of Barishal Divisional Fire Service, said the body of a woman was recovered at 8am...
Light rain likely in parts of country
12:22 PM, 29 Dec 2021 WednesdayBangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today forecasted light rain or drizzle at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Dhaka divisions and the regions of Kushtia and Jashore in the next 24 hours commencing at 9 am today...