HSC form fill-in begins 29 June
News Desk
The process of filling-up forms for the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination is scheduled to start from 29 June and will continue up to 11 July.
The authorities of board of intermediate and secondary education of Dhaka have issued a notification on Friday on the matter.
However, there will be no assessment test this year. Students will have to fill up the form online.
It is not clear yet as to whether the HSC examination will be held. When asked, the Dhaka Board controller of exams, SM Amirul Islam, told Prothom Alo that they are taking all advance measures. Later, the decision will be taken considering the situation.
SM Amirul Islam said, the work of moderating question papers for HSC examination is underway.
Owners want to keep factories open during lockdown
News Desk
Business leaders have agreed with experts about enforcing a 14-day “complete” shutdown. But they believe the export-oriented industries should be allowed to operate on a limited scale amid surging coronavirus infections.
Faruque Hassan, president of garment exporters’ group BGMEA, said it was time a shutdown is announced in greater public interest, but many businesses contacted him fearing a
disruption in production after the government disclosed its plan to enforce stricter restrictions.
“I’ve told the factory owners we must agree to it for the greater good. A shutdown is necessary even if it hampers production a bit,” he said on Friday.
The government enforced a nationwide lockdown in early April after the second wave of COVID-19 began in Bangladesh. Factories, however, remained open.
Faruque said the lockdown restrictions, especially on transports, are still hampering production. “But the work has not stopped.”
Most restrictions were lifted when the situation improved slightly, but another surge in COVID-19 cases prompted the authorities to put curbs in parts of the country.
Now the government is considering another 14-day shutdown following expert advice as coronavirus cases and deaths have continued to rise rapidly.
On Friday, Bangladesh logged 108 new COVID-19 deaths in the daily count, highest since Apr 29, taking the total count to 13,976, as cases surged by 5,869 to 878,804 in the same period.
The BGMEA president argued that closing the factories completely may help the coronavirus spread further because it will not be possible to stop the workers from travelling home in rural districts.
“The virus will spread in countryside. It (closing factories) will do more harm than good,” he said.
“So, our advice to the government is to keep the garment factories open even if public transport system is shut down. We will try to continue production with the workers who live near the factories.”
Man killed in ‘gunfight’ in Rajshahi
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A 21-year-old youth was shot dead in which the member of police called a gunfight with them in Godagari upazila on Thursday night.
The deceased was an accused of a case filed over the rape and murder of a girl.
A mobile phone stolen from the girl’s house on the night of the crime was also found on Shamim, police said on Friday.
Additional superintendent of district police, Iftekhar Alam, said, that some miscreants opened fire at a police team during a raid in Lalitnagar on Thursday night.
Reward offered for missing
Chinese engineer
News Desk
China Major Bridge Engineering Company Ltd has announced Tk two lakh reward for information on Chinese engineer Zhao Jianpeng (26), who went missing from Lauhajang upazila of Munshiganj on the night of June 22 while working in the Padma Bridge project.
Sai, an engineer of the China Major Bridge Engineering Company Ltd, said a reward of TK two lakh has been announced for information on the missing Chinese national. Leaflets have already been distributed among various boat workers,
Bangladesh Railway has begun returning payments for advance booking of trains after canceling rail services in the wake of a dramatic uptick in COVID-19 cases across the country.
Customers started claiming the refunds from the ticket counters at rail stations on Friday.
Shariful Alam, a spokesman for the railway ministry, said passengers who booked tickets for intercity train services from Jun 23 to 26 can collect the refunds every day from 6 am to 5 pm until Jun 30.Z
The Ministry of Railways suspended passenger trains from Dhaka on Jun 22 amid a surge in coronavirus infections.
The services could resume after Jun 30 if the situation improves.fishermen and people of riverside villages.
Jianpeng fell into the Padma River from the barge of an electric pole of Padma Bridge in Lauhjang upazila of Munshiganj at 8 pm on Tuesday.
Since then, rescuers have been searching for him at various places along the river. Naval police and Coast Guard members have been patrolling various parts of the river since this morning.
Bazlur Rashid, petty officer of Mawa Coastguard Station, said they were patrolling various parts of the river but no trace of the missing person was found till 11:30am today (Friday).
Dewan Mohammad Abdul Kader, project manager of the Padma Bridge project, said Zhao probably fell into the river where he was working. Search is on at different places.
The missing engineer was working under China Major Bridge Company, the contractor for the Padma Bridge.
