Bangladesh

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations in 2024 will be held on the revised syllabus formulated in 2023. Tests will be held on all subjects and each examination will be three hours long and will carry full marks. A circular signed by Tapan Kumar Sarker, the president of inter-boards coordination committee, and also the chairman of Dhaka Education ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Brussels: Bangladesh and the EU seek to expand their cooperation beyond trade into areas such as climate change, security, connectivity, migration, and the blue economy. The EU and Bangladesh have agreed to initiate negotiations for a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) this year to strengthen their partnership said Ambassador Mahbub Hassan Saleh, Ambassador of the Embassy ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated a new office for officers of the Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat. She opened the office at the North Plaza of the parliament bhaban by cutting a ribbon. The Prime Minister later went around different sections of the office, reports UNB. Earlier on her arrival at the venue, Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhary received the ...

India is giving enough importance on BIMSTEC while New Delhi would like to know Dhaka’s planning on it as Bangladesh is going to take Chair of the Bay of Bengal based regional economic bloc, said foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen today. “India is giving enough priority on BIMSTEC –so they would like to know what’s the new chair is thinking ...

Bangladesh and India agreed to intensify their efforts in achieving tangible progress in the field of trade and investment, connectivity, energy security, and climate change for ensuring shared peace and prosperity in the Bay of Bengal region. Both sides also discussed the ways and means of moving forward the BIMSTEC Process and make it a vibrant and successful organisation. Foreign ...

Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dr Lilly Nicholls has said her country’s Indo-Pacific strategy recognises that the future of the world is interlinked. She was speaking at a roundtable jointly organized by BIPSS and Canadian High Commission on the contemporary issue titled ‘Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: A New Horizon of Opportunity.’ In her opening remarks, High Commissioner Nicholls highlighted the significance ...

The Land Development Tax Bill-23 today placed in the parliament with a provision to collect land development tax through electronic system in every fiscal year instead of Bangla calendar year. Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury placed the bill in the House with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair, BSS reports. Piloting the bill, the minister said “All land development ...

Four persons were killed and four others injured in a road accident in Gopalganj’s Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. The accident took place in Arambagh area on the Dhaka-Khulna highway at around 7:30 am. However, the identities of the deceased could be known immediately. Police said an ambulance was heading towards Dhaka from Khulna with patient. On the way, a ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said members of the armed forces always stand by the people at home and abroad alongside discharging their professional duties. “Each of our forces always stands by the people alongside protecting the country’s independence,” she said, addressing the 48th founding anniversary programme of the President Guard Regiment (PGR), as the chief guest, at its headquarters ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has praised the recent Chinese diplomatic efforts that bore positive outcomes in the Middle East. He hoped China would continue to play important roles in mitigating many other crises in different parts of the world, “including ours.” Ambassador of China to Bangladesh Yao Wen met FM Momen on Wednesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...