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Following a protest led by a group of students, the Ministry of Education announced the cancellation of the 2024 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations. Across the nation, the public is disappointed about this impulsive decision. Many are questioning whether taking such an extreme step was indeed required. Initially, the HSC examination was postponed…
Heavy rains have triggered devastating floods and landslides in Tripura, killing at least 23 people and displacing more than 65,000 residents, authorities reported on Friday. Television footage captured scenes of army personnel navigating ferry boats through waterlogged streets, where cars and buses lay stuck. The widespread flooding has forced nearly 1.7 million people have been…
The interim government has welcomed the eagerness of people to extend their assistance and cooperation to the victims of the recent devastating floods in the southern part of the country. Interested people can contribute by sending aid to the account Chief Adviser’s Relief and Welfare Fund and with the number 0107333004093 addressed at Sonali Bank…
The United Nations said Friday it fears a repeat of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, warning a human tragedy was unfolding in Rakhine State. UN human rights chief Volker Turk voiced grave alarm about the sharply deteriorating situation across Myanmar, particularly in Rakhine where, he said, hundreds of civilians have…
Nineteen villages have been inundated due to embankment breaches, severely affecting residents and damaging shrimp farms, Aman rice fields, and seedbeds in Paikgacha and Dacope upazilas of Khulna district. The Kalinagar Rekhamari embankment in Paikgacha breached, flooding 13 villages, while the Khulisa embankment in Dacope collapsed, impacting six villages. Locals said that efforts to repair…
A 2,492-carat diamond – the second largest in the world – has been discovered in Botswana, says the Canadian mining company that found the stone. The diamond was discovered in the Karowe Diamond Mine in northeastern Botswana using X-ray technology, Lucara Diamond Corp said in a statement on Thursday. Keep reading ‘Diamonds are in my…
Staff from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) assist flood-affected villagers to safety in el-Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan in July 2024 [Courtesy of IOM Sudan] Over the past few weeks, an unusually wet rainy season has caused destructive floods across Sudan. Tens of thousands of people displaced by the Sudanese civil war have been…
The water levels of the main rivers in the north-eastern and eastern parts of the country are increasing – Photo: BBC In the next 24 hours, the trend of heavy rainfall may decrease in the southeast, eastern and adjacent uplands of the country. The flood situation of Feni, Comilla and Chittagong districts of Muhuri, Feni, Gomti,…
A case has been filed in Gopalganj over the attack on army personnel, setting fire to vehicles, vandalism, and the snatching of weapons. Lieutenant Colonel Md Maksudul Alam of the 10th Bengal Regiment filed the case at Gopalganj Sadar police station on Thursday. In the case, the names of 106 individuals, including the president and…
A UN OHCHR team in Dhaka has said the purpose of its visit to Bangladesh is to understand the interim government’s priorities for assistance in promoting human rights, not for an investigation. Rory Mungoven, chief of the Asia Pacific region at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, is…
