Bangladesh

There will be not exams for the students up to class III and they will be assessed by their performance in the class, said the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education. Secretary Farid Ahmed of the ministry told this to the media at the Secretariat in the capital on Thursday. According to the new education curriculum, students will be assessed ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa) founder Husayn Muhammad Ershad’s son Rahgir Al Mahi Saad Ershad has been relieved of the party. JaPa chairman GM Quader relieved 10 central leaders including Saad Ershad of the party on Thursday (March 21). These leaders have joined JaPa led by Raushan Ershad. In a release signed by GM Quader-led JaPa’s joint secretary Mahmud Alam, it was ...

The first phase of 152 upazila elections will be held on May 8. The Election Commission (EC) announced the date on Thursday after the meeting of the election commissioners. The last date for submission of nomination paper pn April 15. The nomination papers will be scrutinised on April 17 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 22, ...

This year, the rate of minimum Sadakatul Fitra has been fixed at Taka 115 per head, while the maximum amount is Taka 2,970. The maximum Fitra was Tk 2,640 in the previous year. The National Fitra Determination Committee took the decision at a meeting held at the Islamic Foundation Baitul Mukarram conference room on Thursday afternoon. The rate of Fitra is fixed ...

The construction and road repair works across the country will remain suspended for 10-day before and after Eid-ul-Azha to make the Eid jouney smoother. ABM Amin Ullah Nuri, secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division, made the announcement at a meeting at BRTA Bhaban on Thursday morning. He said to ease the traffic movement, the construction works will be ...

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, arrived at Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Wednesday afternoon to visit the Rohingya camps in the district. She arrived Ukhiya Rohingya camp by an army helicopter from Noakhali’s Bhasan Char at around 1:30 pm. Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Shahin Imran, Police Superintendent Mahfuzur Rahman and officials of the Swedish ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Wednesday made a courtesy call on State Minister for Planning Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker at his office at the Ministry of Planning. During the meeting, they discussed issues related to bilateral interests like trade and commerce, export of agricultural products, infrastructural development, development projects and various issues related to mutual interests, said a press ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs ministry has recommended extending the suspension of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence for another six months on previous conditions. “We had so far extended the suspension of Begum Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence by seventh time. Today we are again recommending for extension of her jail term suspension for another six months on two ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Dhaka Metropolitan North BNP Convener Amanullah Aman, who was sentenced to 13 years in jail, in a case filed over amassing wealth illegally and concealing information. But he will have to take permission from the court if want to go abroad. A five-member bench of the Appellate ...

The exit ramp of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway’s Karwan Bazar section opened to traffic on Wednesday morning. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the ramp around 11am. Vehicles from Uttara will be able to get down at Moghbazar, Hatirjheel and Karwan Bazar areas through this ramp. “This is the Eid gift to countrymen from the prime minister,” Obaidul Quader said. ...