2.6m students to sit for terminal examinations

Some 2.6 million students --an increase by 1,49,347 than last year's--will sit for primary and madrasah terminal examinations this year. The exams are set to begin on Nov 23. Last year, some 2.48 million students appeared for the exams of whom 92.34 per cent had passed. Roughly 2.3 million students will take part in the primary terminal examinations. - bdnews24.com Wall collapse kills school student A grade-one student of Faizur Rahman Ideal Institute at Meradia in Khilgaon in the city was killed and two of his classmates were injured when the wall of an under construction building collapsed on them. Nine year-old Zubaer Hossain Fahim, son of Special Branch sub-inspector Moniruzzaman, was playing at the school playground with his friends when the incident took place around 9am on Tuesday, Khilgaon police OC Sirajul Islam said. - bdnews24.com