The combined pass rate of the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) tests is 92.33 per cent, which is 1.92 per cent higher…

The Supreme Court yesterday released the full text of its verdict commuting Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee’s death penalty to jail…

New Year's Eve kicked off in Sydney, but tightened security muted revelries in Europe with Brussels scrapping celebrations and fireworks cancelled in Paris as fears of jihadist threats cast a pall, reports AFP. Australia's biggest city, Sydney, traditionally the first to host a major event to…

A Bangladeshi worker was slaughtered at Taif in Mekkah, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, reports UNB from Moulvibazar. The deceased was identified as M Jamir Miah, 36, son of late Yunus Miah, a resident of Bhanubil village in Kamalganj upazila of the district. Family sources said Jamir had been working in…

Hackers brought down the BBC’s websites for several hours yesterday in a large-scale hacking attack, the British public broadcaster reported, reports AFP from London. “Sources within the BBC said the sites were offline thanks to what is known as a ‘distributed denial of service’…

A Bangladeshi national was gunned down by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Barogram bordering area of Sadar upazila yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Nuruzzaman, 30, son of Shahidur Rahman, a resident of Barogram Chenpara village of the upazila. Witnesses…