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Hold Myanmar accountable for ‘state-backed violence’

The Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said on Sunday Myanmar must be held accountable for the violation of human rights against the minority and it termed the Rohingya issue an outcome of 'state-backed violence.' The demand came in the Dhaka declaration of the 45th Council of Foreign Ministers that...

77.77pc pass SSC, equivalent exams this year

The results of this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations were published across the country on Sunday showing a pass rate of 77.77 per cent under the 10 education boards of the country, reports UNB.Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the copies of overall results of SSC...

Country-focused SEZs make little headway

The government's initiative to develop country-specific special economic zones (SEZs) has so far made little headway, thus impeding efforts to help attract sizeable foreign investments.Though the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has already allotted substantial land under G2G (government-to-government) arrangement, factors like non-availability of soft loans and lengthy process to...

Maintain peace in hill dists, says PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid emphasis on Sunday on maintaining a peaceful atmosphere in the hill tracts of the country, reports UNB."Make sure peace prevails there [in hills]... we do want that. All must maintain a congenial atmosphere. This is not important who is Pahari (indigenous) and who is Bangalee,"...

HC stays Gazipur city election

The High Court has stayed the Gazipur City Corporation elections for three months after hearing a petition against redistricting in the area, reports bdnews24.com.The decision by Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed came on Sunday, only nine days before the polls.The Election Commission was preparing to hold the elections...

News Watch (7-5-2018)

Forex reserves hit $33b Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves rose to $33.11 billion at the end of April, $709 million higher than one month earlier, the central bank said on Sunday. The reserves were nearly 2.0 per cent higher than one year earlier. They are sufficient to cover about 10 months'...

Correction (7-5-2018)

Factual errors crept into the headline and the lede of the news item titled 'Non-tax revenue posts negative growth in 10 months to Feb' published on Page 1 in Sunday's issue of The Financial Express (FE).In fact, it should read eight months, not ten months as mentioned mistakenly in the...