O, A-level exams on time: British Council

Star Online Report

British Council Bangladesh today said O-level and A-level examinations (Cambridge International Examinations and Pearson Edexcel) will take place on time as scheduled.
The council authorities are working on to deliver the exams services to the students, according to a press release floated for media.
The British Council recognises the importance of the services to the young people and takes this responsibility very seriously, it said.
The registration deadline for the Cambridge International Examinations in November 2016 session has been extended to August 10, 2016, the release said.
School candidates are requested to contact their school for a unique school candidate registration link.
Private candidates from Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Dinajpur, Rajshahi, and Khulna can apply through the British Council website.
Earlier on July 27, British Council temporarily closed its offices in Bangladesh.

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The press release also read, “IELTS registration dates are still open for August and September 2016 and the candidates are requested to register online at ielts.britishcouncil.org.”
Along with the Examinations services, the British Council is running all corporate English courses and workshops as per schedule.
Their Active Citizens Youth Leadership Training programme is also running smoothly, the release also read.

Falu resigns as BNP vice chairman

Mosaddek Ali Falu. Star file photo

Star Online Report

Mosaddek Ali Falu, newly made vice chairman of BNP, has resigned from the post without citing any reason.
He was previously an adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Ntv reports.
He quit the party post hours after BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the full list of the party’s national executive committee, vice chairmen, advisers and standing committee members.
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Party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the committee at a press briefing at BNP's Nayapaltan central office in Dhaka.

Clinton’s lead over Trump narrows to less than 3 points

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses a joint gathering of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in Washington August 5, 2016. Photo: Reuters.

Reuters, New York

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's lead over Republican rival Donald Trump narrowed to less than 3 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday, down from nearly eight points on Monday.
About 42 percent of likely voters favored Clinton, to Trump's 39 percent, according to the July 31-Aug. 4 online poll of 1,154 likely voters. The poll had a credibility interval of plus or minus 3 percentage points, meaning that the results suggest the race is roughly even.
Among registered voters over the same period, Clinton held a lead of five percentage points, down from eight percentage points on Monday, according to the poll.
The reasons behind the shift were unclear.
Clinton had pulled well ahead of Trump on the heels of the Democratic National Convention last week, where she became the first woman to accept the US presidential nomination from a major political party.
Since then, Trump has engaged in a days-long feud with the family of an American soldier killed in Iraq and squabbled with the Republican leadership over his comments and leadership turmoil within his campaign.
Trump, in recent days, however, has sought to refocus. On Friday he announced his economic policy advisory team, said he would deliver an economic policy speech early next week, and was expected to endorse US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, the top US elected Republican, who is seeking his 10th term in Congress.

An average of polls aggregated by Real Clear Politics showed Clinton ahead of Trump by 6.8 percentage points on Friday, up from 3.9 on August 1.