JOHANNESBURG, Aug 10 – Myriam Nyadjou scored from a free-kick to give Cameroon a surprise 1-0 quarter-final victory over Women’s Africa Cup of Nations defending champions Nigeria in Casablanca on Sunday. The 19-year-old struck after 19 minutes, slamming a rising shot past the outstretched hands of goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and into the corner of the net. It was the first ...

SYLHET, Aug 10 – The Sylhet Education Board has recorded 58.33 percent pass rate this year in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations. According to the board result statistics, a total of 89,421 students appeared in the examination this year. Of them, 51,957 students have passed the test indicating a 10.24% fall compared to the previous year. The ...

Researchers have found in heart patients that they have significantly higher concentrations of micro-plastics in their blood circulation compared to healthy individuals or other patients. A study regarding this factors observe that certain factors, such as smoking and regular exposure to air pollution – increase risk of high micro-plastics incorporation in the blood-circulation-system up to six times. Elevated levels of ...

Bangladesh has taken a fresh initiative to further strengthen bilateral trade and investment relations with New Zealand by expanding cooperation in promising sectors including agri-tech, dairy, green energy, pharmaceuticals, leather, jute, sustainable textiles and information technology. The initiative was discussed at a meeting with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), where Bangladesh highlighted opportunities for joint investment, business-to-business (B2B) linkages ...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi is holding a meeting with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The meeting began at 11:00am on Monday (10 August) at the prime minister’s office in Bangladesh Secretariat. Ahead of the meeting, the Indian High Commissioner called on Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman on Sunday and discussed various issues concerning bilateral relations and mutual interests. ...

The pass rate in this year’s Dakhil examination under the Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board has plunged by 12.60%age points to 55.49%, from 68.09% last year. The results of the SSC and equivalent examinations, published on Monday (10 August), showed a sharp deterioration in the performance of madrasa students compared to the previous year. A total of 296,412 students appeared in ...

The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations have been published, with 1,138,877 students passing and 690,608 failing. The average pass rate across the 11 education boards stood at 62.25%, down from 68.45% last year, marking a decline of 6.2 percentage points. A total of 1,829,485 students appeared for the SSC and equivalent examinations this year. ...

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. ...

A worker of the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) was killed and two others were injured after being electrocuted while cleaning the roof of a mosque in the city’s Chhararpar area on Sunday noon. The deceased was identified as Naim, 20, from Shekhghat Bhangatikorpara area of the city. The injured are Apu and Al-Amin, both from the same area. The incident ...