Saturday, 28 Dec, 2024

Education

Nahid to sit with private varsity VCs

DHAKA: The Education Ministry has called the vice-chancellors of the private universities, to sit in a discussion in wake of the student protests for road safety.  Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will exchange views with the VCs at the auditorium of Institute of Mother Language

Symbolic protests in western suburbs of Melbourne

Anondodhara, the school of music and arts for the Bangladeshi descendent children in Australia, organized a symbolic protest on Thursday (Aug 3) to show solidarity for the ongoing logical demands by the students in Bangladesh to have safe roads to save lives.  The event was oragnised

Ramiz Uddin College gets 5 buses from PM

DHAKA: Five buses were handed over to the authorities of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School & College as promised by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.  BRTC chairman Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan handed over the keys to the army's Log Area commander Major Ataul Hakim on Saturday morning

39th BCS Preliminary exam Friday

DHAKA: Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) will take preliminary test of 39th (special) BCS on Friday (August 3) amid countrywide students’ movement. The MCQ test of 200 marks will be held, between 3 pm and 5 pm, in 25 centers in Dhaka. All candidates must take up their

Ramiz Uddin College to get 5 buses, underpass for students

DHAKA: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina said Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College will get five new buses for students’ transportation and an underpass will be constructed in front of it for crossing the adjacent Airport road.  Moreover, speed breakers will be constructed on the roads

All educational institutions to remain closed Thursday

DHAKA: All educational institutions across the country will remain closed on Thursday, said education minister Nurul Islam Nahid. He also told Banglanews that the decision was taken considering the safety of students during the emerging situation. Students of different educational

139 applications for 39th BCS test cancelled

DHAKA: Some 139 applicants have lost the eligibility to sit for the upcoming 39th BCS (Special) exam as Public Service Commission (PSC) scrapped their applications. They were denied to apply for not having degrees equivalent to BDS.  BSC in Health or Medical Technology (Dental)

“Bengalis’ dream of independence is source of Ataturk’s revolution”

DHAKA: Gono Bishwabidyalay (Gono University) lecturer Md Mahady Hasan on Saturday said that once the Bengali people’s dream had to own an independent land and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s reformist revolution was behind the dream. “In the twentieth century, the Turks had shown the

PEC, Ebtedayee exams from Nov 18

DHAKA: This year’s Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee examinations will begin on November 18. The examinations will continue till November 26. Education Ministry Public Relations Officer (PRO) Rabindranath Roy confirmed the matter to Banglanews Wednesday (July 25).

Govt to look into low pass rate: Nahid

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said steps will be taken after in looking into the reasons behind the fall of pass rate in HSC, equivalent examinations.  The Education minister also complained that he is being criticized over this year’s low pass rate where as he had

66.64pc pass HSC, equivalent exams

DHAKA: The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations 2018 were published Thursday (July 19) with an average pass percentage of 66.64. A total of 29,262 students scored GPA 5 among around 13,11,457 appeared in the exams.  Education Minister

HSC, equivalent exams results Thursday

DHAKA: The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will be published on Thursday (July 19). Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid along with the chairmen of all education boards will hand over the result summery to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the

‘Study in India’ expo kicks off in Dhaka July 20

DHAKA: This is where India’s prominent Universities, Colleges and Boarding Schools have teamed up to showcase the strengths of Indian education at the gathering of Indian educational institutions in one grand show ‘STUDY IN INDIA’ Expo on Friday (20 July) and Saturday (21 July) at

Business strategy competition ‘Brand Aid’ held at EWU

With an aim to enhance the creativity of students, East West University Business Club (EWUBC) recently organized an intra university business strategy competition titled 'Brand Aid 2018'. The competition was a unique initiative designed to teach students to recuperate brand

DU admission: online application starts July 31

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The online application process of admission in first year honours course of Dhaka University under 2018-2019 academic session will start on July 31.   The public relations office of DU made the disclosure at a press release on Monday (July 16).   According to

BUP sings MoU with Grameenphone

DHAKA: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Grameenphone (GP) and Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) was signed in a ceremony at Bijoy Auditorium of BUP on Thursday (July 12) at its campus in Mirpur Cantonment of Dhaka.  Michael Foley, Chief Executive Officer (CEO),

Non-MPO teachers break hunger strike

DHAKA: Teachers, who had been on a hunger strike demanding enlistment of their institutions under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme, broke strike at the request of eminent educationists on Wednesday (July 11).  Professor Dr Anisuzzaman feed teachers water in front of Jatiya Press

Hadith on Cave Story

Story of Three persons blocked in a Cave – Story from Hadith   Recent rescue operation of Thai boys stranded inside a cave of Thailand has caught the attention of people worldwide. This story among tales narrated by Prophet Mohammad is very noteworthy as it gives essence which we

HSC, equivalent exams results on July 19

DHAKA: The results of SSC and equivalent examinations are set to be published on July 19.  A senior official of the Education Ministry, Mohammad Afrazur Rahman confirmed the matter to Banglanews on Thursday (July 5). BDST: 1707 HRS, JULY 5, 2018 AP

Quota reform leaders attacked again

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Some leaders of the movement for quota reformation in public service government jobs were attacked on the Central Shaheed Minar premise Sunday (July 2).  They were attacked for the third consecutive day, while staging an agitation program, under the banner of