No compromise on quality of teachers
Marshal, Mehrab into record books
Death of an icon
Rony propels Abahani to joint top
I want ‘no’ vote
Power providing stove
Quantity achieved but quality?
Hail hypocrisy
Aditi presents Tagore’s love songs
Cartoon exhibition begins at AFD
Transport owners demand bus fare hike in Ctg
JU students allege killers move at large
Pakistan, India warn against escalation over border killings
Iran says sole nuclear plant at ‘full capacity’
DSE CEO resigns over board ‘interference’
BB to relax charge on inter-bank transaction
Strike halts river communications
Govt sets up body to find out errant units
Upazila chairmen demand ‘charter of duties’ for MPs
6 killed in traffic accidents
Police use pepper spray
Dhaka prepares to face USTR threat

Quantity achieved but quality?

Students rejoice at their success in the primary school completion and junior school certificate examinations, at a school in the capital on, December 27. — Focus Bangla photo

THE results of the primary school terminal examinations 2012 were published in the last week of December. The pass rate marked an increase of 0.09 percentage point; 2,415,351 students or 97.35 per cent passed the examinations. The number of... Full story

Hail hypocrisy

SHERLOCK HOLMES, the brilliant detective made alive by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, did not know that the earth moves around the sun (A Study in Scarlet, 1887). He didn’t need to, as his creator would argue... Full story

Syria, weapons vs. politics

THE debate over the balance of forces in Syria continues to be heightened by every notable event. The defection of Bashar al-Assad’s chief of military police, Major-General Abdul Aziz Jassem al-Shallkal, is no exception. Full story

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