DHAKA: A five-day admission fair of Bangladesh University began on Sunday (December 18). It has been inaugurated at the university’s own campus in city’s Mohammadpur area at 10.00am. The Fair will continue till December 22 from 9.00am to 5.00pm everyday. Different levels of

DHAKA: High Commission of India in Dhaka announced the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarships for the academic session 2017-18 for Bangladeshi nationals. The scholarships are awarded to meritorious Bangladeshi nationals to pursue various courses in India at the Under

DHAKA: ‘Conversion to Islam’ in South Asia was an outcome of social liberation inspired by the liberating message preached by the ‘Sufi Sheikhs’. It was not a sudden process, it was a very slow and unconscious process that took centuries after centuries. So, the process

DHAKA: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) and Canadian University of Bangladesh on Sunday (December 11). Managing Director and CEO Ali Reza Iftekhar and Vice Chancellor of Canadian University of Bangladesh Prof. Dr. William H. Derrenger

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Monday (December 12) sentenced that the 7.5 percent VAT imposed on the tuition fees in English medium schools as illegal. An HC bench comprising Justice Jubayer Rahman Chowdhury and Justice Mozibur Rahman Miah pronounced the verdict after holding.

DHAKA: Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) administration on Friday (December 9) detained nine candidates on the charge of taking resort to fraudulence in the honors 1st-year admission test and handed over to RAB-2. The five candidates were identified as Kaushik Roy, Rokeya

DHAKA: High Court directed the government to formulate a specific law within six months prohibiting carrying schoolbags that weigh more than 10 percent of their weight. The government was also asked to issue a circular in 30 days with necessary instructions for the school authorities

DHAKA: University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) joined hands in the form of a human chain in front of it’s campus at Dhanmondi from 12:50-1:10pm to collectively raise awareness about the ill effects of drug abuse.   The event was part of a semester long campaign organized by the

DHAKA: University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) has joined the small but growing league of universities who can boast having a center dedicated to teaching and learning. However, this is a widely accepted way to go forward in enhancing teaching practices in many North American

DHAKA: A Day long workshop on ‘Central Library Capacity Building’ organized by Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) was held at UGC auditorium on Thursday (December 1). Librarian of BRAC University Hasina Afroz conducted a session on Administrative Management of

DHAKA: Center for Language Studies (CLS) celebrated World Peace and Harmony by organizing the musical event ‘Harmonies of Peace’ recently at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh auditorium in city. Culture secretary Aktari Mamtaz was present as chief guest. She said, “I am

DHAKA: Number of teachers and students from the member countries of South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) will be included in South Asian University (SAU). The decision came from 9th Governing Board Meeting of SAU under the auspices of University Grants Commission

DHAKA: The Center for Archeological Studies (CAS) of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) hosted a seminar on “New Insights on Mahasthan Archaeology and History” in the ULAB Auditorium on Monday (November 28). The seminar was carried out by Eminent Archaeologist Dr.

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY (JU): Jahangirnagar University (JU) authority has detained 17 examinees for allegations of forgery during the ‘D-unit’ (Faculty of Biology) honors first year admission test for 2016-17 sessions on Sunday (November 20). JU authority released 12 students upon

DHAKA: ULAB Co-Curricular office organized a “Camp Outing with all ULAB club members” at the permanent campus in city’s Mohammedpur area on November 17. All the participants had to register for the event and it commenced with them gathering and taking part in light exercises.

DHAKA: Primary Education Completion (PEC) and equivalent examinations for Class-V have begun on Sunday (November 20). The examinations will continue till November 27. A total of 3,230,288 examinees has sit for the examinations this year. Of them, 2,930,573 are sitting for PEC and

CHITTAGONG: One of the glorious universities of the country, Chittagong University (CU), is celebrating its golden Jubilee. On the first day of two-day program, a procession has been brought out from city Fine Arts Institute around 3:25pm Friday (November 18). The CU teachers,

DHAKA: University Grants Commission (UGC) has cancelled the certificates provided by acting Vice-Chancellors (VCs) of 18 private universities in country. Moreover, the financial documents such as cheques and insurance papers signed by them also declared illegal. The organization

DHAKA: Primary Education Completion (PEC) and equivalent examinations for Class-V will begin on Sunday (November 20) and will continue till November 27. A total of 3,230,288 examinees will sit for the examinations this year. Of them, 2,930,573 will sit for PEC and 299,715 for Ebtedayee

DHAKA: Oxford Dictionaries has declared “post-truth” as its 2016 international word of the year, reflecting what it called a “highly-charged” political 12 months. It is defined as an adjective relating to circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping