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Postponed HSC exam on June 8

HSC-Exam20130422085823The English second part examination of HSC under Dhaka Board that was postponed due to question paper leakage will be held on June 8. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid made the announcement in a press briefing at the secretariat on Thursday afternoon. In his speech, the minister said the persons who are involved in the paper leakage would get punishment. Earlier on Thursday morning, the Dhaka Education Board formed a high-powered probe committee to investigate the English second part’...

Sleeping pills up death risk

sleeping-pills-640A new study has found that anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills could increase risk of death. The study from the University of Warwick shows that several anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) drugs or hypnotic drugs (sleeping pills) are associated with a doubling in the risk of mortality. Although these findings are based on routine data and need to be interpreted cautiously, the researchers recommended that a greater understanding of their impact is essential. "The key ...

Rio 2 comes out today

rio2-640Rio 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical adventure-comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. It is the sequel to the 2011 computer-animated film Rio and the studio's first film to have a sequel outside of their existing Ice Age franchise. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where the first film was set and Rio 2 begins, though most of its plot occurs instead at the Amazon rainforest.
Featuring the returning voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, will.i...

Rice import increases significantly in 8 months

riceThe import of rice increased by 1,196.24 per cent in the first eight months of the current financial year 2013-14 compared with that of the same period in the FY13. According to the Bangladesh Bank data released on Tuesday, the settlement of letters of credit, or generally known as actual import, for rice stood at $171.58 million in July-February of the FY14 against $13.24 million during the same period of the FY13. A BB fact finding report said fall in rice prices on the global market was the key reason for the jump in the country’s rice impo...

Kailash Kher and Ali Azmat to perform in Dhaka

kalish-kher640A tri-nation concert featuring ace singers from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan—Kailash Kher, Ayub Bachchu and Ali Azmat—is going to be held on April 11 at the Army Stadium in Dhaka.
Grameenphone has organised the concert. The first five thousand registered Star clients of the company from Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Jessore, Comilla, Rangpur, Bagura, Khulna, Barisal, Dinajpur and Mymensingh will get the chance to experience the concert. Last year Grameenphone successfully organised a similar co...

IT freelancers: Hope to earn $1b a year within a decade

sme-1-640Since availability of competitive labour continually persist; Bangladesh can earn around $1 billion in exports per year from IT freelance services within the next decade,industry people said. “We have immense potential in outsourcing mainly due to growing popularity of IT services and a large population base,” said Zakaria Swapan, founder and chief executive of Priyo.com. The global market for freelance services is now hovering around $100 billion a year, he said.
The country will be able to grab at least ...
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