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73.93 pc pass rate in HSC, equivalent exams

Shawdesh Desk: This year, 73.93 per cent students have passed the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations. The results were officially unveiled by prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday morning.

HC bars sale of cattle without antibiotics

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court has banned the sale antibiotics for cattle and its administration without a prescription from a veterinarian. The bench of Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice

Ecnec clears 8 projects involving Tk 5,142 cr

Shawdesh Desk: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved eight projects involving Tk 5,142 crore, including Tk 2,606 crore to improve important roads under various

PM seeks Seoul’s support to resolve Rohingya crisis

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged South Korea to engage with Myanmar for an early peaceful solution to the Rohingya crisis that has posed risks to regional peace

Won’t tolerate corruption, warns PM

Shawdesh Desk: Reaffirming that corruption would not be tolerated, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the top government officials to keep more vigil against corruption so that this menace

Retest finds antibiotics in milk again

Shawdesh Desk: Multiple antibiotic residues have again been detected in all the 10 samples of both pasteurised and non-pasteurised cow milk tested at a Dhaka University laboratory. A group of

Imran, Fazilatunnesa take oath of office

Shawdesh Desk: State minister Imran Ahmad, who was promoted to a full minister, and newly appointed state minister Fazilatunnesa took oath of office on Saturday. President Abdul Hamid administered the

Textbooks don’t reflect curriculum objectives

Shawdesh Desk: The objectives set in the national curriculums for the school children have no reflection in the textbooks and the classroom activities for which the pupils fail to achieve