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Girls outshine boys in HSC

Girls outshine boys in HSC

-- 2022-02-13 16:57:24

Female students have surpassed their male peers in both pass and GPA 5.0 rates in the 2021 Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent exams. Of the 656,165 girls who attended the exams, 633,138, or...

4,838 new coronavirus cases, 28 deaths reported in 24 hours

4,838 new coronavirus cases, 28 deaths reported in 24 hours

-- 2022-02-13 16:47:33

Bangladesh has registered 4,838 new coronavirus cases in a day, the lowest count in four weeks, taking the total caseload to 1,904,826. It also recorded 28 deaths from Covid-19 in a day, taking the t...

Three newborns found dead in Dhaka

Three newborns found dead in Dhaka

-- 2022-02-13 16:24:05

Police have recovered the bodies of three newborns from Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan and Mirpur on Sunday. Two newborn boys were found dead in an open space of Suhrawardy Udyan at 9:00am, according...

HSC pass rate is 95.26%

HSC pass rate is 95.26%

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-13 12:56:04

Students have achieved a 95.26 per cent pass rate in the Higher Secondary Certificate, or HSC, and equivalent examinations. The results of the exams, which students in Class 12 take ahead of starting...

Bangladeshi group reportedly appears to promote Canada convoy protest

Bangladeshi group reportedly appears to promote Canada convoy protest

-- 2022-02-13 12:49:12

A Bangladeshi firm appears to have played a key role in promoting the Canada ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest online, bdnews24.com reports citing Grid News. Grid, a digital news start-up, has fou...

Marine academy will be set up in every division: PM Hasina

Marine academy will be set up in every division: PM Hasina

-- 2022-02-13 12:42:30

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has a plan to establish marine academy in every division asking the Bangladesh Marine Academy to take measures in grooming mariners in such a way...

Nakano-Imran’s children should stay with mother until Family Court verdict, Supreme Court rules

Nakano-Imran’s children should stay with mother until Family Court verdict, Supreme Court rules

-- 2022-02-13 12:39:13

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ruled that two children of Japanese citizen Nakano Eriko and Bangladeshi national Imran Sharif will remain with their mother Eriko until a case filed by...

HSC, equivalent exam results handed over

HSC, equivalent exam results handed over

-- 2022-02-13 12:35:52

The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate, or HSC, and equivalent examinations have been handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, bdnews24.com reports. The prime minister joined the exam an...

HSC exam results today

HSC exam results today

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-13 12:31:13

The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations have been handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Nearly 1.4 million candidates for the Higher Secondary Certifi...

Govt starts work to set up dried fish processing industry

Govt starts work to set up dried fish processing industry

FE REPORT 2022-02-13 11:12:20

The government has started the work to establish a global standard dried fish processing industry at Khurushkul in Cox's Bazar at a cost of Tk 2.0 billion. Once the project is completed, above 14,000...

100 illegal structures in St Martin's Island razed

100 illegal structures in St Martin's Island razed

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-02-13 10:43:00

CHATTOGRAM: The administration concerned evicted around 100 illegal establishments yesterday (Friday) to save the biodiversity of Bangladesh's lone coral island St Martin's. After declaring the St M...

Bangladesh seeks IRENA’s support to explore renewable energy potential   

Bangladesh seeks IRENA’s support to explore renewable energy potential  

-- 2022-02-12 21:50:13

Bangladesh has sought IRENA's technical and financial support in undertaking the feasibility study and mapping of the renewable energy potentials in Bangladesh. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen dis...

92pc Covid cases in Dhaka are of omicron variant

92pc Covid cases in Dhaka are of omicron variant

-- 2022-02-12 20:26:20

A study has found the omicron variant of the coronavirus has replaced delta as the dominant strain in Dhaka, with the more infectious BA.2 subvariant afflicting most of the patients. The researchers...

Fire breaks out at Chawkbazar building

Fire breaks out at Chawkbazar building

-- 2022-02-12 19:45:57

A fire broke out in an 11-storied building named Madina Ashiq Tower at Chawkbazar area in the city. The fire started at 6:09 pm on the fifth floor of the building, reports UNB. Currently four firefi...

Eminent citizens tell search committee to keep partisans away from EC

Eminent citizens tell search committee to keep partisans away from EC

-- 2022-02-12 19:36:57

The panel tasked with scoping out potential members of the next Election Commission has been urged to select honest, competent and courageous people who espouse the spirit of the Liberation War. Ther...

‘Jatiya Party wants strong, competent EC’

‘Jatiya Party wants strong, competent EC’

-- 2022-02-12 18:45:35

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Saturday said their party wants a strong Election Commission (EC) that will be capable of holding a credible national election. "We want a strong Election Commissio...

Educational institutions can be reopened after February 21, health minister says

Educational institutions can be reopened after February 21, health minister says

-- 2022-02-12 18:03:07

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said educational institutions of the country can be reopened after February 21 as the Covid-19 cases keep falling gradually. "The Ministry of Health and Family Welfa...

Bangladesh seeks investment from expatriates in UAE   

Bangladesh seeks investment from expatriates in UAE  

-- 2022-02-12 17:46:55

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged the expatriate Bangladeshi business community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to invest in Bangladesh and help the country to grow further. "Bangladesh...

SUST VC apologises over attack on students

SUST VC apologises over attack on students

-- 2022-02-12 17:17:45

Vice-Chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) Farid Uddin Ahmed expressed regret over the police action on protesting students on January 16. “I express my sincere sy...

Covid-19 caseload tops 1.9 million in Bangladesh

Covid-19 caseload tops 1.9 million in Bangladesh

-- 2022-02-12 17:03:45

Bangladesh has recorded 5,023 new coronavirus cases in a day, taking the total caseload to 1,904,826. It also recorded 20 deaths from the COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll from the disease to...

Two die as bus skids off bridge in Dinajpur

Two die as bus skids off bridge in Dinajpur

-- 2022-02-12 13:18:54

Two people have died and 10 others have been injured after a bus veered off a bridge in Dinajpur’s Chirirbandar Upazila. The accident took place on Mohonpur Bridge on the road from Dinajpur t...

SUST students want removal of new proctor

SUST students want removal of new proctor

-- 2022-02-12 11:27:59

Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have called for the resignation of the new proctor, UNB reports. SUST Proctor Md Alamgir Kabir was relieved from his position Thursda...

60pc of Chattogram Waterlogging Removal Project implemented

60pc of Chattogram Waterlogging Removal Project implemented

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2022-02-12 09:05:58

Work to implement Chattogram Waterlogging Removal Project (CWRP), which remained hamstrung for one year due to multifarious problems, including coronavirus outbreak, is going on in full gear now. A...

Premier Hasina's intervention sought to accelerate Sagor-Runi murder probe

Premier Hasina's intervention sought to accelerate Sagor-Runi murder probe

-- 2022-02-12 08:57:57

Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) on Friday demanded the intervention of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to accelerate the probe into the murder of journalist-couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, reports UN...

Crackdown on power, water, gas theft in Chattogram hills soon

Crackdown on power, water, gas theft in Chattogram hills soon

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2022-02-12 08:56:15

Chattogram district administration is going to take a stringent move soon to stop unauthorised use of power, gas and water in the hilly areas. The authorities will identify the utility lines in pos...

Covid aid database of the poor to be used for supplying goods during Ramadan

Covid aid database of the poor to be used for supplying goods during Ramadan

FE REPORT 2022-02-12 08:52:55

The government will use the database of 3.8 million people, prepared to provide financial assistance during the Covid-19 pandemic, to supply essential items through the Trading Corporation of Banglade...

‘Decision of removing SUST VC is up to the President’   

‘Decision of removing SUST VC is up to the President’  

-- 2022-02-11 21:22:37

The agitating students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have reiterated their demand for the resignation of the Vice-Chancellor Farid Uddin in their meeting with Education Mini...

Bangladesh promotes culture of peace, says Foreign Minister

Bangladesh promotes culture of peace, says Foreign Minister

-- 2022-02-11 20:05:42

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday said Bangladesh adopted a 'culture of peace,' which is Bangabandhu's vision who wanted an independent space for human life and human dignity. "Bangabandhu wa...

Wife Reita launches legal battle to stop Khairuzzaman’s deportation

Wife Reita launches legal battle to stop Khairuzzaman’s deportation

-- 2022-02-11 19:38:29

Reita Rahman, wife of M Khairuzzaman, has mounted a legal battle to stop Malaysia from deporting the former high commissioner, who was accused in a case over the killing of four national leaders, to B...

Awami League proposes 10 names for next  EC

Awami League proposes 10 names for next  EC

-- 2022-02-11 17:30:26

The ruling Awami League has submitted a list of 10 nominees for the posts of chief election commissioner and election commissioners in the next Election Commission. The list was handed over to the se...