The first day of Higher Secondary Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations was held in Sylhet without any untoward incident. The examination began at 10am and ended at 1pm. Total 477 students absent 1st day in Sylhet Education Board. Md Abdul Mannab Khan, Exam Controller of Sylhet Education Board told that the first day of the examinations under Sylhet Education Board ...

In celebration of Women’s month Pearl Advertising hosted the Women’s Day Bazaar 2015 on Saturday the 28th March at the Montefiore Centre in East London. The aim was to help women promote their skills and businesses under one roof, which was certainly the case with more than 30 stall holders and over 300 women, men and children attending the free ...

Deepika Padukone’s latest video on ‘women empowerment’ has triggered an online debate over feminism and the way the video My Choice defines feminism. Joining the popular side of the debate now is Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha. Speaking at an event in Mumbai, Sonakshi said, “Women empowerment is not always about the kind of clothes you wear, not about who you ...

Eyes: We use them to see the beauty in everything. Shakespeare even said they are the windows to our souls. They are the first things we look at on another person. They can tell us when someone is lying or telling the truth, and they can even tell us when someone is in love. And apparently, our peepers can tell ...

At least 54 people have died and 15 are missing after a Russian trawler sank late on Wednesday in the Western Pacific Ocean near the Kamchatka Peninsula, an officer at a maritime rescue coordination center in the area said. Viktor Klepikov, coordinating captain of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky maritime rescue coordination center, told Reuters that there were 132 people on board the ...

Major powers and Iran have stretched talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme into a second day past an end-March deadline, with diplomats saying the chances for a preliminary deal were balanced between success and collapse.   Both Brent and US crude prices snapped three-session losing streaks on Wednesday, gaining $2 or more after data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed ...

A 50 year old unemployed man committed suicide at his residence in Kanaighat upazila on Monday morning. Boshir Uddin 50, had been jobless for almost a month due to which there were regular arguments between the couple. On Monday morning. neighbours saw the body hanging from a Kalbart piller. On being informed, the Kanaighat police reached the spot and initiated ...

From now on international airlines will be making a stopover at M A G Osmani Int Airport in Sylhet. Sources said that an aircraft of ‘fly dubai’ with 132 passengers on board landed at Osmani Airport around 5:20pm on Wednesday for refueling. Later, it departed the airport at 6:00pm with 160 people on board. Through this flight services began at ...

The annual cultural programme and prize distributing ceremony-2015 of Mohammedpur Primary School was held atthe school playground Sunday. GM of Sylhet Sonali Bank Md. Forhad Hossain graced the ceremony as the chief guest. He distributed Merit Awards among the meritorious students of Mohammedpur Primary School and prizes among the winners of Annual Cultural Competition. On this occasion, the chief guest ...

Business got back its rhythm amid cautious mood as the violence eased but the political turmoil continues to deepen, according to people involved with the supply chain. Suppliers and traders opined that supply of food grains and industrial raw materials across the Sylhet area was restored but fear of return of violence still hunted them due to the rolling transport ...