JSC, JDC results 29 Dec

The results of the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will be published on 29 December.

Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid will hand over copies of the results to prime minister Sheikh Hasina at 10:00am on that day, said Sohrab Hossain, secretary to the Secondary and Higher Education Division of the education ministry, on Tuesday, says news agency UNB.

The JSC and JDC examinations were held from 1 November to 17 November.

A total of 2,244,007 students under nine education boards sat for the two examinations.

Miraz handed ODI call-up

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced a 15-man squad for the one day warm up match against New Zealand XI at Cobham Oval (New) in Whangarei on 22 December and the first ODI of the three-match series against New Zealand at Christchurch on 26 December. 

Leg-spinning all-rounder Tanbir Hayder, paceman Shubashis Roy and off-spinner Mehedi Hassan Miraz are the uncapped members of the team, said a BCB release.

Chairman of BCB national selection panel Minhazul Abedin said, “We have kept the backbone of a settled squad that has been very successful over the last two years. But at the same time it is also important to get players in who we believe have plenty of potential to perform at the highest level. Tanbir has been a consistent performer in domestic cricket and gives a different dimension to our attack as he is a genuine leg-spinner. He has also impressed the coaching team during the camp in Australia.

“Shubashis hits the deck and can extract bounce and movement off the wicket. He can be quite a handful in the conditions in New Zealand.

“Miraz hasn’t played ODIs yet but has all the makings of a very useful limited overs allrounder. We have reasons to believe that he has the ability to serve Bangladesh in all formats and is one for the future.” 

Squad (for warm up match and first ODI)
Masrafe Bin Mortaza (Captain), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarker, Shabbir Rahaman, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan (Vice Captain), Mosaddek Hossain Saikot, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Mehedi Hasan Miraj, Shubashis Roy and Tanbir Hayder.


Source: Prothom Alo

Facebook photos resurfacing mistakenly

If you have seen your old photos on Facebook re-appearing, you are not alone as many users have complained that the photos they had posted months ago are resurfacing on their pages.

According to a report in Boston Globe on Friday the complaints came after Facebook told users on Thursday that it had compiled videos for them that showed their "year in review", essentially a video slideshow of individuals' photos from 2016 that they can share with their friends.

The report quoted Stephanie Milot, a reporter for PC Magazine, who wrote that four of her photos were re-posted Friday.

The new photos did not merely re-appear on timeline but the posts were marked with new dates and timestamps -- confusing the users as if they had been posted anew.

However, Facebook has said that it was aware of the issue and currently investigating.

Facebook's help forum has received many queries regarding the issue. Many users, after Friday's Facebook glitch, were led to believe that their accounts were hacked.

"Tonight I have seen two posts on my page as new posts, but both are from 6 months ago, and are old posts. Why is this happening? Have I been hacked?" the report cited one user writing.

Earlier this year, Facebook had mistakenly said that some of its 1.79 billion users were dead.

Source: Prothom Alo