Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNB) – The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country on Monday. This year, a total of 13,51,309 students are expected to sit for the exams. The examinations will end on…
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Barisal Varsity VC says sorry for his remarks against pupils
Barishal, Mar 29 – Amid growing student protests, Barisal University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Imamul Haque on Friday expressed sorrows for his recent ‘offensive comment’. In a press statement signed by university public relations officer Faisal Ahmed, the VC requested the…
Helper ran the bus that killed BUP student creating uproar
Dhaka, March 27 – The bus of Suprobhat Paribahan that ran over a student and sparked heavy protest among the students and locals, was being driven by its conductor. Sirajul Islam, who was designated driver of the bus, detained by…
Nipa who lost her right leg in accident gets talent pool stipend
Dhaka, March 26 – Meftahul Jannat Nipa, who lost her right leg in a road mishap in front of her school, obtained stipend in the talent pool. She got the result at Jashore General Hospital on Sunday evening. She is…
World’s best teacher prize and $1mln goes to a poor Kenyan
DUBAI, Mar 25 2019 (IPS) – A maths and physical science teacher from an impoverished school in Kenya’s Rift Valley, Peter Tabichi, has won the one million dollar Global Teacher Prize, becoming the first teacher from Africa to clinch the prize…
Tanzania Teacher sentenced to death for corporal punishment to pupil
All children are children of God who are entitled to dignity and respect. Ignorance lacks empathy and compassion. Where there’s ignorance, there will always be violence; it just makes matters worse when there are people openly teaching it in the…
Coaching centres to remain shut during HSC exam
Dhaka, Mar 25 (UNB) – Coaching centres across Bangladesh will remain closed during the entire length of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) written examination, Education Minister Dipu Moni announced Monday. “This is to ensure the exams are held in a free…
Govt not to hold exams for grades I, II and III students
Following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s directives, the government has decided not to hold any examination for students of first, second, and third grades in schools, according to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education Secretary Akram Al Hossain. The secretary…
Students block Gazipur intersection protesting accident
Gazipur, Mar 24 (UNB) – Students blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh-Tangail highway at Gazipur intersection on Sunday morning demanding safer roads and protesting the killing of two college students in a road crash on Saturday. Several hundred students of different colleges including Bhawal…
New Ducsu leaders take charge
Dhaka, Mar 23 (UNB)-The elected leaders of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) took over their respective charges for one year in its first executive meeting held on Saturday. The meeting began around 11:30 am at the hall room on…
No exam for students of classes I, II, III
Dhaka, Mar 20 – The government has decided not to take any examination of the students of classes I, II and III. Primary and Mass Education Ministry has taken the decision following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s directives, Primary and Mass…
Frenzied students drive buses out of Capital Dhaka streets
Dhaka, March 20 – The student-led protest for safer roads, which rocked the country last year, was rekindled again after the death of Abrar Hossain Chowdhury, a student of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), in a road accident on Tuesday.…
World Social Work Day 2019 observed at RU
Rajshahi, March 19 – With the theme of ‘Promoting the importance of human relationships’ the Social Work department of Rajshahi University observed the World Social Work Day 2019 on Tuesday amid festivity and enthusiasm. On the day teachers, students and…
Protests over university student’s death continue
Dhaka, Mar 20 (UNB)— Protests triggered by the death of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury continued on Wednesday. Students of private universities demonstrated in front of Bashundhara Residential Area’s main gate to force the authorities accept…
Students call countrywide class boycott Wednesday
Dhaka, Mar 19 (UNB) – The private university students who were demonstrating on Tuesday called for boycotting classes in all the educational institutions across the country on Wednesday to press for their eight-point demand, including maximum punishment of the bus…
University student’s death on road sparks protests in Dhaka
Dhaka, Mar 19 (UNB) – Students of different private universities blocked the road in front of Jamuna Future Park following the death of a student of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) in a road crash in front of Bashundhara gate…
BCL submits memorandum to VC of BAU
Mymensingh, March 18 – A memorandum has been given to the University Vice Chancellor demanding broadband connection with high speed and prevention of mosquito bombs at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) signed by BAU BCL president Sabuj Kazi and general secretary…
Students continue demo for DU students union reelection
Dhaka, Mar 18 (UNB) – Students of Dhaka University on Monday demonstrated on the campus demanding reelection to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu). Several hundred students, including activists and followers of the different panels who boycotted the Ducsu polls,…
Lone non-pro govt Ducsu VP-elect Nur again seeks reelection
Dhaka, Mar 17 (UNB) – A day after the meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Ducsu VP-elect Nurul Haq Nur on Sunday evening demanded reelection to all the posts of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union and its hall unions, bringing…
Police restrict movement at DU for student union polls
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB)-Dhaka Metropolitan Police imposed a restriction on movement of outsiders and vehicles on Dhaka University (DU) campus for 24 hours from 6 pm on Sunday ahead of the university’s Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and hall union polls…
Media boot camp begins at Rajshahi University
Rajshahi, March 08 – A three-day Media Tech Challenge Boot Camp-2019, jointly organized by Mass-communication and Journalism department (MCJ), Computer Science and Engineering department (CSE) of Rajshahi University and Deutsche Welle (DW) Academy of Germany began on campus on Friday.…
Candidates busy campaigning ahead of Ducsu polls
Dhaka, Mar 5 (UNB) – Candidates contesting the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) polls are busy trying to woo voters. The election, being held after 28 years, is scheduled for March 11. Candidates from various student organisations, alliances and independent…
Ducsu polls suspense: Demand for extending voting hours
Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNB) – Claiming that some 43,000 voters will not be able to cast their votes within only six hours, some candidates in the elections to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and hall unions on Thursday demanded…
Preliminary list of DUCSU polls candidates published
Dhaka, Feb 27 – Dhaka University (DU) authority on Wednesday published the preliminary list of candidates after primary scrutiny of the nomination papers for its Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall unions polls scheduled for March 11. According to the…
Bangladesh needs to invest more to ensure quality education: WB
Dhaka, Feb 27 (UNB) – Bangladesh needs to invest more in education to improve its quality and do it more effectively to address its learning crisis, a World Bank report said on Wednesday. Despite Bangladesh’s remarkable success in bringing nearly…
JU teachers demand dean election
Jahangirnagar University, Feb 26 (UNB)- A group of Jahangirnagar University (JU) teachers have demanded dean election as tenures of all deans have already expired. The last dean election was held on May 10, 2016. A representative team of ‘Sammilito Shikkhak…
HC rejects plea to stay Ducsu polls schedule
Dhaka, Feb 25 (UNB) – The High Court on Monday rejected a writ petition to stay the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) election schedule. Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s Dhaka University unit leader Fahmida Mazid moved the court on Sunday. She…
RU Muktijoddha Santan Command protests ‘attack’
Rajshahi, Feb 24 – Protesting the attack by police on Muktijoddha Sangsad Santan Command, an organization of the children of freedom fighters in Dhaka its Rajshahi University unit has observed sit-in strike programme and protesting rally on the campus on…
DU student seeks stay on Ducsu election process
Dhaka, Feb 24 – A Dhaka University (DU) student on Sunday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking a stay on the process for holding of election to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) scheduled for March 11.…
Writ filed seeking stay on Ducsu polls
Dhaka, Feb 24 (UNB) – A writ was filed with the High Court seeking stay on the schedule of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) polls. Barrister Ruhul Kuddus, a Supreme Court lawyer and also the counsel of the petitioner…