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95.18pc pass PEC, 92.94pc Ebtedayee exams

05:28 AM, 30 Dec 2017 Saturday

The results of this year's Primary Education Completion (PEC) and its equivalent Ebtedayee examinations were formally handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday. The pass rate in the PEC examination is 95.18 percent, while 92. 94 percent students came out successful in the Ebtedayee exam.

Expat Bangladeshi, 2 sons killed in Makkah road crash

05:23 AM, 30 Dec 2017 Saturday

An expatriate Bangladeshi woman and her two minor children were killed and two other Bangladeshis injured in a road traffic accident on their way to Madinah...

Burdwan blast accused JMB leader arrested from Bogra

04:31 AM, 30 Dec 2017 Saturday

Banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh’s (JMB) top leader wanted in India in the 2014 Burdwan blast case was arrested at Omarpur of Nandigram upazila in Bogra in the wee hours of Saturday...

22 Indian teens go missing in France

03:56 AM, 30 Dec 2017 Saturday

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of India has registered an FIR after 22 minors from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi were illegally taken to France by three travel agents last year in the garb of giving them rugby coaching and went missing...

The world in 2017: From Rohingya, Catalonia to Macron, Mugabe

03:35 AM, 30 Dec 2017 Saturday

From the inauguration of US President Donald Trump to the exodus of Rohingyas from Myanmar, here are 12 events that marked 2017...

Gunman kills 11 in attacks on church, shop in Egypt

03:07 AM, 30 Dec 2017 Saturday

A gunman killed at least 11 people on Friday in attacks on a Coptic Orthodox church and a Christian-owned shop near Cairo before he was wounded and arrested, the Egyptian interior ministry and church officials said...

Thai fraudster sentenced to 13275 years in jail

02:43 AM, 30 Dec 2017 Saturday

A Thai court has sentenced a fraudster to more than 13,000 years in prison. Pudit Kittithradilok, 34, admitted running a Ponzi scheme whereby he promised investors artificially high financial returns...

PM to inaugurate free textbook distribution Saturday

12:24 PM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate free textbook distribution programme for the academic year 2018 tomorrow (Saturday) as the ‘National Textbook Festival’ is set to be celebrated...

Here is how you can collect JSC, primary result

12:20 PM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

The result of Primary School Certificate and Junior School Certificate examinations will be...

RAB arrests 5 fake DB men from Gazipur

12:04 PM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 arrested five members of a kidnapping gang, who carried out their crimes posing as members of detective branch (DB) of police...

Rohingya repatriation to begin soon: Quader

11:10 AM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

The Rohingya repatriation process will begin very soon, Awami League General Secretary and Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader said on Friday while distributing relief materials...

JSC, JDC results today

10:52 AM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

The results of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations-2017 will be published on Saturday. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will hold at a press briefing in this connection in the conference room of his ministry at 2pm...

Bangladesh has untapped business potential: Minister

09:57 AM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

Bangladesh has a huge potential for trade and investment, particularly for Bahrain, said Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Minister of State for Finance & Planning of Bangladesh...

DB arrests drug paddler with 50,000 yaba

09:26 AM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) last night arrested a drug paddler from capital’s Jatrabari area and recovered 50,000 yaba tablets from his possession...

Myanmar releases Journalists imprisoned for flying a Drone

09:04 AM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

Two foreign journalists and their two local staffers have been released from prison in Myanmar...

Messi is the best, don’t tell Ronaldo: Totti

08:31 AM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

Francesco Totti believes Lionel Messi is the best player in the world despite Cristiano Ronaldo pulling level on five Ballons d’Or apiece earlier this month...

12 dead in New York apartment fire

07:42 AM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

Twelve people were killed, including an infant, and four were critically injured on Thursday in a fire that swept through several floors of an apartment building in the New York City...

Ferry service resumes on Shimulia-Kathalbari route

07:16 AM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

The ferry service on Shimulia-Kathalbari route resumed this morning after 10:30 hours...

Italian president dissolves parliament ahead of elections

06:40 AM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday dissolved parliament ahead of an election which...

Fire at Mumbai complex kills 15

06:05 AM, 29 Dec 2017 Friday

A massive late night fire that broke out at a Mumbai complex has killed at least 15 people, officials said. The blaze erupted just after midnight at a building in the popular Kamala Mills restaurant and shopping compound.