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No PEC, JSC exams from 2023: Education minister

Shawdesh desk: Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni has said Primary Education Completion (PEC) examination of class five and Junior School Certificate (JSC)examination of class eight will not be held from

Global Covid cases near 225 million

Shawdesh desk: The global Covid-19 caseload is fast approaching another grim milestone of 225 million, with the world still struggling to contain the deadly virus due to emergence of new

JP lawmaker Prof Masuda Rashid Chowdhury dies

Shawdesh desk: Member of Parliament for reserved seats for women and Jatiya Party’s presidium member Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury, passed away at a hospital in the capital early Monday. She

PM for making education programmes time-befitting

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday stressed the need for making education programmes time-befitting, keeping pace with global educational advancement as she witnessed a power point presentation of

Taliban co-founder releases audio statement after death rumours

Shawdesh desk: The Taliban co-founder and now deputy prime minister of Afghanistan released an audio statement Monday saying he was alive and well after news of his supposed demise went

Signal 3 for maritime ports as depression intensifies into deep depression

Shawdesh Desk: The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been directed to keep hoisted local cautionary signal 3 as the depression over Northwest Bay and adjoining

Four killed in Siberian emergency landing

Shawdesh Desk: Four people have been killed after a small Russian passenger plane with 14 passengers and two crew on board made an emergency landing in a forest in southeastern

Sheikh Rehana’s birthday today

Shawdesh desk: Sheikh Rehana, younger daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, turns 67 today. Born at Tungipara in Gopalganj district on September 13, 1955, Sheikh Rehana