Wednesday, 01 May, 2024

Education

RU Shibir men go on strike

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY: Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami went on strike in Rajshahi University on Thursday demanding the detention of attackers of Shibir leader Rasel Alam.  Sources said that three hand bombs were blasted in the campus in morning which spread out

Shibir calls strike in RU

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY: Chhatra Shibir, a student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, has called strike in Rajshahi University demanding the arrest of attackers of Shibir leader Rasel Alam.  They called the strike as police failed to arrest the attackers till Wednesday. Publicity Secretary of RU

JU admission test begins Sep 13

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: Jahangirnagar University (JU) admission tests for the academic year 2014-2015 will starts from September 13.Sources said that examinations will continue till September 25.Confirming the matter to banglanews, JU public relations office said that the detailed

School, hospital for autistic kids

DHAKA: The government is going to establish a specialized school and a hospital for the special children who are suffering from Neuro Disorder and Autism. Regarding the matter, sources told banglanews that Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is going to start a project titled

Ramadan vacation begins from Jun 29

DHAKA: All the government and non-government primary, secondary schools and madrasas of the country will enjoy holidays for Ramadan, Shab-e-Qadr and Eid-ul-Fitr from June 29 to August 6.  In an order, Ministry of Education made the announcement on Tuesday. Earlier, Prime Minister

Schools go on holidays from Jun 29

DHAKA: All primary and secondary schools and madrasas across the country will enjoy holidays for Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr from June 29 to August 6.  In an order, Ministry of Education made the announcement. BDST: 1441 HRS, JUN 24, 2014

BRUR gets new registrar

RANGPUR: The authorities of Begum Rokeya University Rangpur (BRUR) have appointed ATM Emdadul Alam as an acting registrar. The officials and staff of the university received him cordially. Vice-chancellor of the university Dr AKM Nurun Nabi said the university has got an acting

Stern penalty for leaking questions

Dhaka: Government is going to incorporate provisions of ‘stern actions’ in the ‘Draft Education Act 2013’ for the persons involved with leaking question papers.  Government has been taking the initiative due to the movement waged by the country’s educationist and civil

CUET resumes on August 3

CHITTAGONG: The authorities of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) will resume its activities on August 3 after an indefinite strike following an infighting of Bangladesh Chhatra League. The decision came from a meeting at Administrative Building on Thursday

BCL clash, CUET closed sine die

CHITTAGONG: The authorities closed Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) for an indefinite period from Tuesday following a infighting of Chhatra League. The decision came in a meeting with the university din, head of the departments, and senior teachers on Tuesday

SSC re-examined result in afternoon

DHAKA: The re-examined result of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on Sunday afternoon. Dhaka Education Board chairman Taslima Begum, also president of inter-board co-ordination sub-committee, told banglanews the result can be found

Texting 'can improve spelling'

DHAKA: Children's unorthodox spelling and grammar while texting does not stop them learning the rules of formal English, suggests research. Just over 160 children, aged between eight and 16, from the West Midlands, took part in the snapshot study. The researchers compared spelling and

Civil society for using technology

DHAKA: The civil society members have suggested government to use technology in appropriate way to tackle questions leak at public and job examinations.  The suggestion came in a meeting with education minister Nurul Islam Nahid at his ministry on Wednesday.    They also questioned

DU VC for educated leadership

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Future of a country depends on the younger generation. They will lead the country in future. For that reason, they should be educated. Skilled leadership cannot get without education. Dhaka University vice chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique told students on Monday at TSC

ULAB observes UN Russian Language Day

DHAKA: Russian ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Nikolaev inaugurated the summer seminar series organized by the Department of English and Humanities (DEH) at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) on Sunday.   DEH organized the seminar on the occasion of Alexander S Pushkin’s

Teachers should think twice

After a child is born, there are three things which influenced them the most. First, their parents and second, their teachers and third, the environment. When the children becomes 4 years old and gets ready to go to school, a whole big duty arises to the teachers. A lot of things start to

SSC re-examined result June 15

DHAKA: The re-examined result of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on June 15.Dhaka Education Board Examination Controller SM Wahiduzzaman told banglanews the result can be found through mobile phone. On May 17, SSC and equivalent

Rule against Edu secy among 6

DHAKA: The High Court has issued contempt of court rule against six government officials, including education secretary and vice chancellor of National University, for their inaction in executing its order.An HC bench of Justice Reza-ul-Haque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain passed the order

Fulltime job trap for BD students in Malaysia

FROM KUALALUMPUR (MALAYSIA): Hundreds of youths are going to Malaysia at the lure of full time job along with completing higher education. But the offer from the agencies is nothing, but a great deception as Malaysian education system does not allow fulltime job. Moreover, there is a

Tk 39,213cr for education proposed

DHAKA: A total of Tk 39,213 crore has been proposed for the education sector, including primary and mass education, in the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2014-15 Fiscal Year. Finance Minister AMA Muhith made the proposal before the parliament while placing the budget on Thursday.