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Additional time in HSC exams recommended amid rainy days

News —1 July, 2024 05:59

Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee has instructed to enhance time in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations in view…

Additional time in HSC exams recommended amid rainy days

Court orders to appoint magistrate for entering into Benazir's flats

A Dhaka court has ordered to appoint a first-class magistrate…

Court orders to appoint magistrate for entering into Benazir's flats
Korean 'happiness factory'

The only thing connecting each tiny room at the Happiness Factory…

Korean 'happiness factory'

Enemy Agents Act to target supporters of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir: DGP

Enemy Agents Act to target supporters of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir: DGP

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police RR Swain announced on Sunday that locals supporting foreign terrorists will be prosecuted under the Enemy Agents Act.  The statement…

Record 7.6m in UK healthcare waiting list

Record 7.6m in UK healthcare waiting list

After 14 years of a Conservative Party government in the United Kingdom, far more people are waiting to access medical care, and for longer. The NHS waiting list for treatment referrals…

Eviction of all illegal Buriganga structures demanded

Eviction of all illegal Buriganga structures demanded

The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) on Sunday demanded the immediate removal of all structures, including dockyards, built on the banks of River…

Country threatening destruction deserves destruction: Israel FM to Iran

Country threatening destruction deserves destruction: Israel FM to Iran

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that Iran’s message of an “obliterating war” made it worthy of destruction.⁠“A regime that threatens destruction…

Far right hopes to make history as France votes in snap poll

Far right hopes to make history as France votes in snap poll

France is voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could make history, with the far right closer to power than it has ever been in modern times. The National Rally (RN) of…

18 killed in Nigeria suicide attacks: Emergency services

18 killed in Nigeria suicide attacks: Emergency services

At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously wounded in a string of suicide attacks in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, emergency services said. In one of three blasts in the town…

New budget to take Bangladesh one step ahead: PM

New budget to take Bangladesh one step ahead: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the proposed national budget for the FY 2024-25 was not an ambitious one, vowing to take Bangladesh one step forward through implementation…

Immigration at heart of UK healthcare - and election

Immigration at heart of UK healthcare - and election

Britain's state-funded National Health Service is hugely reliant on migrant workers, yet politicians have vowed to slash immigration as they fight for votes before Thursday's general…

Zelensky renews calls for arms after deadly Russian strike

Zelensky renews calls for arms after deadly Russian strike

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called Saturday for "accelerated" Western arms deliveries after Kyiv said a Russian strike in the south killed seven people, including two children. "Any delay in decisions in this war means the loss of human lives," said Zelensky following the strike, which hit the southern town of Vilniansk.

KSA denounces Israel’s moves to expand Jewish settlements

KSA denounces Israel’s moves to expand Jewish settlements

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia condemned on Saturday Israel’s Security Council decision to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank.  The ministry affirmed the “Kingdom's…

Many questions, few answers about Iranian Mahsa Amini’s death

Many questions, few answers about Iranian Mahsa Amini’s death

UN expert and Bangladeshi lawyer Sara Hossain who headed a three-member investigative team said accountability for the ‘crimes against humanity’ is a concern. The United…

India blunders into Burmese sham election minefield

India blunders into Burmese sham election minefield

India’s shameful role in sham poll Less than two weeks after junta boss Min Aung Hlaing promised an election next year, Indian Ambassador to Myanmar Aghay Thakur met Myanmar’s…

Thai banks linked to atrocities in Burma: UN

Thai banks linked to atrocities in Burma: UN

Thai banks are helping the junta keep the helicopters and fighter jets it uses to kill and maim civilians in the air and well-armed after their competitors in Singapore began recoiling…

Around 90% of govt staff involved in corruption

Around 90% of govt staff involved in corruption

Jatiya Party MP Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Saturday claimed that 90 percent of government officials and employees are involved in corruption. He said that everyone who works in customs has…