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Govt mulls Facebook shutdown during SSC examinations

In a desperate bid to plug question leaks, the government plans to shut Facebook and other social media sites during the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent exams this year, reports bdnews24.com.The school-leaving exams are set to start on February 1."We will request those who operate Facebook to shut it for...

Safeguards for Rohingya returnees absent in Myanmar : UNHCR

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said the necessary safeguards, as of today, for potential Rohingya returnees are absent, and there are continued restrictions on access for aid agencies, the media and other independent observers, reports UNB.At the same time, refugees from Rakhine State continue to arrive in Bangladesh, it...

Rajuk cracks down on unauthorised extension

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) on Tuesday conducted a drive against misuse of residential spaces and unauthorised extension of houses in the capital's Uttara area.The capital development authority also slapped financial penalty amounting to Tk650,000 (Tk 0.65 million) against owners of various houses and commercial entities for committing the building code...

President's call to invest in scholarly research works

President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday urged the affluent section of society to invest in various scholarly research works as it will play a very significant role in boosting the overall economy of the country, reports UNB."Our aim is to build a terrorism, hunger, poverty, superstition and illiteracy-free modern, technology-based and...

Ex-Proshika chairman gets one month’s jail

The High Court awarded on Tuesday a one-month jail in civil prison to Qazi Faruque Ahmed, the former chairman of Proshika, for violating court's directive, reports UNB.A single bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman also directed Qazi Faruque to hand over the office of the Proshika chairman to its incumbent...

Case against edn ministry PO, staff, Lakehead School owner

A case has been filed against Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid's Personal Officer (PO) Motaleb Hossain, Education Ministry staff Nasir Uddin and Lakehead Grammar School owner Khaled Hasan Motin on various charges, reports UNB.Rafiz Uddin Ahmed, sub-inspector of Banani Police Station, said Sub-inspector Monirul Islam Mrida of detective Branch of...

BRACU student wins A2i contest

Ivana Murtaza Asfara, a student of BRAC University (BRACU) and member of Team Resurgence of HULT Prize 2017, won the A2i competition recently.Asfara pitched the idea of low cost biodegradable sanitary napkins at the competition and made it to the top five entrepreneurs where each innovator received a check for...

APHR to share recommendations on Rohingya crisis today

A fact-finding mission of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) on the Rohingya crisis completes its mission today (Wednesday) through sharing their findings and placing recommendations, reports UNB.In the midst of proposed repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar, lawmakers from ASEAN countries have come to Bangladesh to assess the situation, potential...

Villagers beat Royal Bengal Tiger to death

BAGERHAT, Jan 23 (UNB): A Royal Bengal Tiger was beaten to death by villagers at Gulichakhali in Morelganj upazila on Tuesday morning.Md Mahmudul Hasan, East Sundarbans divisional forest officer (DFO), said the tiger entered the village crossing the Bhola river and attacked local farmer Masud, 30, while he was working...

Corrigendum (24-01-2018)

The report headlined 'Work on Ctg WASA pipelines to end by April' published on page 3 of The Financial Express (FE) on January 19 stated that construction of pipeline of the Karnaphuli Water Supply Project 2 (KWSP 2) financed by JICA would be completed by March-April.It will actually be the...

WEATHER- 24-01-2018

Light rain/drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over northern part of Rangpur division and weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country in next 24 hours till 6:00pm today (Wednesday), reports UNB.Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over northwestern...

Teachers of non-government primary schools

Teachers of non-government primary schools, who were dropped from nationalisation list in the third phase, stage a sit-in in front of the National Press Club in the city, demanding nationalisation of their institutions. The photo was shot on Tuesday. —FE photo