Bangladesh

No student has passed this year’s SSC and equivalent examinations at 312 educational institutions across Bangladesh, according to the results published on Monday. Of the institutions recording a zero pass rate, 57 are under the country’s nine general education boards, 226 are under the Madrasah Education Board and 29 are under the Technical Education Board. In addition, one examination centre ...

The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations have been published, with the overall pass rate falling to 62.25%. A total of 116,676 students secured a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5 in this year’s examinations. In comparison, the overall pass rate was 68.45% in the 2025 SSC and equivalent examinations, when 139,032 students achieved GPA-5. ...

The total number of voters in the country stood at 12,86,32,555 as of 31 July, said Election Commission (EC) Secretariat Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed. He said the number of voters increased by 309,315 between 14 May and 31 July. The EC secretary made the disclosure at a briefing at the EC Building in Agargaon in the capital on Sunday. He ...

The results of the SSC and equivalent examinations will be published simultaneously at 10:00am on 10 August through education board websites, respective educational institutions and SMS, the Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee has said. Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon will inaugurate the publication of the results in the conference room of the education ministry. According to education board data, ...

Australian High Commission in Dhaka welcomed Commodore Simon Howard from Commodore Flotillas to Bangladesh to further strengthen defence relationship between the two countries. During his visit, Howard met with senior Bangladesh Navy leaders to discuss shared maritime security interests, opportunities for professional cooperation, and the importance of maintaining a secure, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific region, the High Commission said in ...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has said that many bilateral issues could be resolved if Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi sit down for talks. He made the remarks while speaking to journalists at the inauguration of a children’s play area at the Indian Visa Application Centre on Sunday. Dinesh Trivedi said, “Prime Minister ...

The UK’s Royal Military Academy awarded two prestigious awards to Officer Cadet Al Rafi Lamiz from Bangladesh on successfully completing the Commissioning Course. The awards were handed over at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the UK’s world-leading military training academy, said the UK High Commission in Bangladesh in a Facebook post on Sunday. The two awards are: King Hussein Award, ...

The 11-party opposition alliance has nominated Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Col (retd) Oli Ahmed as its candidate for the presidential election. The decision was announced on Sunday after a meeting of the alliance leaders at the official residence of the Leader of the Opposition. National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam, one of the alliance partners, announced Oli Ahmed’s ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday urged upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) to treat people as their own and discharge their duties with the highest sense of responsibility and humanity, saying public service is a great opportunity to stand beside the distressed and build a safe and liveable Bangladesh. “For everyone entrusted with state responsibilities, the opportunity to serve the people ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday handed over job appointment letters to 10 family members of martyrs and seriously injured persons of July Mass Uprising. The Prime Minister handed over the appointment letters at his office in Tejgaon this afternoon, said Prime Minister’s Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Shiplur. The recipients are– martyr Md Sohag’s wife Sabina Akter Rima, martyr Md ...