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 ...

Litton Das has been named as the replacement for Tamim Iqbal as the captain of Bangladesh for the remaining two ODIs of the Afghanistan series. On Thursday night, the President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Nazmul Hasan, announced the decision at a hotel in Gulshan, UNB reports. He also expressed his dissatisfaction with the way Tamim announced his retirement ...

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 ...

Bangladesh’s ODI captain Tamim Iqbal has announced his retirement from international cricket. He announced this three months before the World Cup begins in India, bringing a sudden end to his 16-year career. Tamim was extremely emotional and in tears as he made the announcement at a press conference in Chattogram on Thursday, a day after Bangladesh lost to Afghanistan in ...

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 ...

German industrial orders rose significantly in May, official data showed Tuesday, despite concerns that Europe’s largest economy was set for a period of subdued growth. New orders, closely watched as a foretaste of future industrial activity, rose by 6.4 percent in May, federal statistics agency Destatis said. The indicator climbed for the second month in a row, after Destatis revised ...

Singer Mehreen Mahmud was honoured with the prestigious ‘Banga Nari Award’ in Kolkata over her special contribution to the entertainment arena. Human Rights Chairman Bumba Chakraborty, actress Priya Karpa, organiser Suriya Sinha and actress Soma Chakraborty handed over the award to Mehreen. The occasion was held at Satyajit Ray Auditorium of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) on July 2. ...

In the world of hygiene, especially when it’s being studied in scientific research, that toilet seat has, somehow, become the ultimate barometer of how dirty an item is. In scientific studies that crop up periodically, the humble porcelain bowl often turns out to be much cleaner than the sundry objects we unthinkingly touch every day: our smartphones, kitchen appliances, and ...

US-based biotech giant Moderna on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding towards producing mRNA medicine in China for the domestic market, the company said, an investment reportedly worth $1 billion. The announcement is among the latest signs China is open for foreign business after years of pandemic-induced isolation, although memories of Beijing’s disruptive zero-Covid measures and its increasing prioritisation of ...