News Watch (1-02-2018)

SSC exams begin today

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations of 2018 will begin across the country on Thursday. This year, 2,031, 899 students, including 1,023,212 boys and 1,008,687 girls, are expected to sit for examinations at 3,412 centres, said, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid at a press briefing at the Secretariat on Tuesday. Of them, 1,627,078 students will sit for the SSC examination under eight general education boards. — UNB

AL keeps faith in Hamid

The Awami League has nominated Md Abdul Hamid to run for re-election in the next presidential polls. The ruling party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader made the announcement after a meeting of the party's Parliamentary Board on Wednesday. -bdnews24.com