Stay on GCC polls: Hearing deferred for a day
The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred to Thursday the hearing on the appeal petitions filed challenging the High Court order that stayed Gazipur City Corporation election for three months.
SSC, EQUIVALENT EXAMS 100pc pass schools falling, zero pass schools rising
The number of educational institutions having 100 per cent pass rate in Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations has decreased four-fold to 1,574 in five years.
HC asks BRTC, Sajan Paribahan to pay Tk 1cr to Rajib’s family
The High Court on Tuesday directed the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation’s chairman and Sajan Bus Company owners to pay Tk one crore as compensation to two minor brothers of road accident victim Rajib Hasan
QUOTA REFORM Govt staging drama over publishing gazette
Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad, a platform of students protesting at quota system in government jobs, on Tuesday announced that they would form human chains at colleges and universities across the country today
Provide Tk 1 crore compensation to Rajib’s family: HC
The High Court on Tuesday issued an order to provide Tk 1 crore as compensation to the family of Rajib Hasan, a student of Govt Titumir College
Hearing on Khaleda’s bail plea begins
The Supreme Court has begun the hearing on the leave-to-appeal petitions challenging Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail that the High Court granted her in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, on Tuesday morning
POOR RESULTS IN SSC, EQUIVALENT EXAMS Lack of qualified math, English teachers blamed
The country’s schools are facing an acute shortage of teachers specialising in English and mathematics, two vital subjects, which is having a bad impact on results in Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations.
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE Three doctors suspended for 3-6 months in 38 years
At least 477 patients died allegedly because of medical negligence in eight years till 2016 while the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council punished only three doctors with suspension of registration on such charges in the past 38 years.
Tagore’s birth anniv today
The 157th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore will be observed today.Different cultural organisations across the country have chalked up special programmes in celebration of the day
Ramadan office timing from 9:00am to 3:30pm
The government has fixed the office timing during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan from 9:00am to 3:30pm on every working day.
