HSC exams in 2025 to be held on abridged syllabi
The HSC and equivalent exams will be conducted on the basis of a revised and abridged syllabi in 2025, mirroring the approach taken in 2023. The education ministry took the decision as the 2025 batch started their academic year late and therefore won't have adequate time to cover the entire syllabus, according to Prof Tapan Kumar Sarkar, head of the inter-education board coordinating committee. "The students started their classes in October. They will have three fewer months to complete the syllabi. Hence, the syllabi will be shortened."
Source:bd News24
February 19, 2024 21:50 UTC
BNP leader Mirza Abbas walks out on bail in cases over Oct 28 violence
Mohiuddin Chowdhury, a lawyer for Abbas, then said there was no bar to his release from prison because he had secured bail in all the cases. Police arrested Abbas at Shahidbagh in the capital on Oct 31 last year, four days after the violence centring the rally had broken out. "He was sent to jail on Nov 1 in one of the cases and was shown arrested in another. So, we applied for him to be shown arrested in those cases," said his lawyer Mohiuddin. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury were also freed on bail last Thursday.
Source:bd News24
February 19, 2024 20:27 UTC
5 get death sentence for killing student in Joypurhat
JOYPURHAT, Feb 19, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today sentenced five people, including mother and son, to death in the murder case of student Abu Hossain in Dargapara area under Panchbibi upazila of the district in 2010. According to the details of the case, on March 25 in 2010, Abu Taher was picking straw on the bank of his pond in Dargapara village. At that time, Rabbani, Ariful, Rafeul, Rostam Ali, Mostafa, Amina Begum and Sahida Begum beat Abu Taher with sticks due to previous enmity. Meanwhile, Abu Taher's son Abu Hussain came out of the house to take the SSC exam and saw his father being beaten. The victim's father, Abu Taher, filed a murder case on April 3, 2010, naming 9 people at Panchbibi Police Station as the plaintiff.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
February 19, 2024 20:24 UTC
3 dead as truck hits autorickshaw in Gazipur
UNB :Three people were killed and two others injured as a speeding truck crashed into a battery-run autorickshaw on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila on Monday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Naojhor Highway police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shahdat Hossain said the Tangail-bound truck hit the autorickshaw in Sutrapur area, leaving five people including the autorickshaw driver injured. Members of fire service and police rescued the injured and took them to Kaliakair upazila health complex where physicians declared three of them dead upon arrival. The rest were undergoing treatment at the hospital, he said, adding that all the victims were passengers of the autorickshaw.
Source:bd News24
February 19, 2024 18:05 UTC
London Zoo: Touchdown the Big Red Bear
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Source:Daily Sun
February 19, 2024 18:04 UTC
Five to walk gallows for killing in Joypurhat
A court has sentenced five people, including two women, to death for killing a man in Joypurhat 14 years ago. The capital punishment recipients are Shahida Begum, her son Rabbani, Mozaffar Hossain, Amina, and her son Rafiul. All of the convicts, except the absconding Amina, were in court for the verdict. When Hossain tried to intervene, the assailants, armed with various weapons, launched a fatal attack on him. The victim's father later started a murder case against nine people at the Panchbibi Police Station.
Source:bd News24
February 19, 2024 17:39 UTC
YouTuber Elias Hossain held by NY police over extortion attempt
Elias Hossain, a Bangladeshi YouTuber living in New York, was arrested by police in Staten Island on Sunday morning. Hossain, a controversial former journalist, was apprehended based on a wanted notice issued by the 113th Precinct of the New York Police Department, reports bdnews24.com. In response to the videos, the NYPD issued a Desk Appearance Ticket (DAT) to Elias after he surrendered on 1 February. However, police launched a search operation for him as he continued to post videos with offensive remarks about Nira and Prema. Police had earlier arrested Hossain in November 2022 for behaving roughly with Nira.
Source:bd News24
February 19, 2024 17:31 UTC
Israel says will fight during Ramadan unless Hamas frees hostages
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, Feb 19, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Deadlyfighting raged on in Gaza Monday after Israel warned that, unless Hamas freesall hostages, it will push on with its offensive during the Muslim holy monthof Ramadan, including in the far-southern Rafah area. They can surrender, release the hostages,and the civilians of Gaza can celebrate the feast of Ramadan." The Palestinian foreign minister Riyad Al-Maliki told the court his peoplewere suffering "colonialism and apartheid" under the Israelis. Western governments have increasingly pushed for unilateral recognition ofa Palestinian state to be part of a wider peace process, something Israel hasrejected. Netanyahu labelled the comments "shameful" and Foreign Minister Israel Katzdeclared the Brazilian president "persona non grata in the state of Israel"unless he apologises.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
February 19, 2024 17:22 UTC
Bangladesh to get 50,000 tonnes of onions as India lifts export ban to ‘offload huge stocks’
India has lifted a ban on onion exports to “offload huge stocks” and get a better price in the international market, cheering local farmers. The committee of ministers headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday approved the export of 50,000 tonnes of onions to Bangladesh on top of 300,000 tonnes to other countries, the local media reported. One of the reasons for lifting the ban is said to be huge onion stocks in Gujarat and Maharashtra, the Hindustan Times said, citing experts. India imposed the ban in December to keep prices under control after drought and bad weather hit production. The ban, which was to be effective until Mar 31, sent prices higher in Bangladesh because the country depends partly on supply from India.
Source:bd News24
February 19, 2024 16:15 UTC
Country is progressing amid various conspiracies: lawmakers
SANGSAD BHABAN, Feb 19, 2024 (BSS) - Lawmakers today said the country isprogressing ahead amid various conspiracies of different local andinternational quarters and would be transformed into smart Bangladesh instipulated timeframe. Now a target has been fixed toturn the country to be a smart one by 2041", he told the parliament. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made a significant development in varioussector and Bangladesh would be prosperous country due to the leadership ofPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina", said an independent lawmaker Shafiqur Rahmanof Rajshahi-2. The present government led by the Awami League is working for building thecountry as Sonar Bangla dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu SheikhMujibur Rahman, said Jatiya Party lawmaker Masud Uddin Chowdhury of Feni-3. The lawmakers highlighted the successes of the present government indifferent vital sectors, including education, power, agriculture, health,infrastructure development, economy and food production sectors.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
February 19, 2024 16:00 UTC
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Months ago we ran the story of a girl in Pretoria whose family had entrusted a gobela with her health. In the end it seemed she couldn't pick up the craft and her health wasn't getting better. We went back to visit the girl and her family to find out if there's been any change. This insert originally aired on Daily Sun TV, on Tuesday, 16th July 2013, on Mzansi Magic. For more programming and news from Mzansi Magic, visit the official site: http://www.mzansimagic.dstv.com/ Follow Mzansi Magic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mzansimagic Like Mzansi Magic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mzansimagic
Source:Daily Sun
February 19, 2024 15:12 UTC
No. 3 Nebraska wrestling falls to No. 1 Penn State
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — In a dual between two of the nation's top wrestling teams, top-ranked Penn State won five of the final six matches to knock off No. Penn State has won eight in a row in the series with Nebraska as NU's last win over the Nittany Lions came in 2009. Results125: Caleb Smith, NU, major dec. Braeden Davis, 11-3. 197: Aaron Brooks, PS, major dec. Silas Allred, 17-4. 285: Greg Kerkvliet, PS, major dec. Nash Hutmacher, 10-0.
Source:Daily Sun
February 19, 2024 12:22 UTC