Jessore – Four people, including two female students and a teacher, were killed and 18 others injured as a picnic bus overturned in Chougachha upazila on Wednesday night.
Category: Campus
High Court halts RU teacher appointment
The High Court division of Bangladesh Supreme Court has summoned a stay order over the teacher’s appointment in Management Studies department of Rajshahi University (RU) on Tuesday.
PM talks tough against arms brandishing on campuses
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she does not want to hear the rattles of arms anymore on campuses as the government has given the utmost importance to maintaining congenial atmosphere in educational institutions. “I’ll tell Chhatra League we…
Golam Sarwar gets Lifetime Achievement Award
Dhaka- Daily Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar received ‘Ataus Samad Memorial Trust Lifetime Achievement Award’ at a program held at Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury auditorium, at the University of Dhaka on Sunday noon.
Justice Bazlur Rahman’s death condoled at RU
Justice Bazlur Rahman was a devoted student leader and stanch warrior of student’s rights in his student life. Rajshahi University VC Professor Dr. Mohammad Mizanuddin said this while addressing a condolence meeting for late justice Bazlur Rahman organized by the…
SAU Rover Scouts marching forward
-Prof. M Zahidul Haque SINCE establishment in 1980, the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) Rover Scout Group upholding the rover scout motto “SERVICE” has been performing various scouting activities ranging from community services to agriculture, health and sanitation, child welfare tasks.…
Four-day international confce on bio-statistics begins at RU
Dhaka – Organized by Statistics department of Rajshahi University (RU) and Bangladesh Bio-informatics and Computational Biology Association (BBCBA) a 4-day long international conference on “Bio-informatics and Bio-statistics for Agriculture, Health and Environment” began at RU campus on Friday.
Students of Notre Dame College and their exam centre
Notre Dame College Dhaka is one of the best colleges in Bangladesh. This college is trying to accommodate students from various parts of the country including students with tribal background. Students study here only for two years. By depending on…
3 ‘Shibir-men’ from RU handed over to police by BCL
Rajshahi – Police on Thursday detained three students of Rajshahi University from the university campus, suspecting them as activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the Jamaat-E-Islami-backed student organisation.
JU students protest naming of convention centre
Dhaka – Jahangirnagar University (JU) with the financial assistance by Mojid-Mollah foundation is going to build a six storied convention center titled “Abdul Kadir Mollah Convention Center” this year. Abdul Kadir Molah, chairman and managing director of Thermax Group, is…
NCTB editors’ ignorance about changes in textbooks
Thirteen compilers and editors of the newly-published textbooks said they were not notified and kept in the dark about the changes made in the books published by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB).
NCTB textbooks full of errors, what should we do?
Masun Billah Can we deny these facts? We have lots of government hospitals but the poorest form of treatment facility is available there. We have government primary and secondary schools but guardians hardly send their wards there. They rather send…
Orientation program held at RU
Welcoming the newly enrolled students and urging them to become responsible and to be qualified human beings to serve the humanity, an orientation program for the students of the 2016-17 academic session was held at Rajshahi University (RU) on Tuesday.
President slams pvt universities; says education now a business
Dhaka – President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday slammed the country’s private universities for their failure to ensure the quality of education as it has now become a tool of making money. UNB news agency reported
RU classes will resume Tuesday
The academic activities of Rajshahi University (RU) will resume on Tuesday after a twelve-day winter vacation. The vacation was from January 5 to16. Md. Mashihur Rahman, administrator of RU public relation office, said on Sunday.
2 SUST BCL leaders expelled from hall
Sylhet – The authorities of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have expelled two leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) from Shah Paran Hall for causing carnage in halls of residence.
IUB student’s death in Adabar flat ‘mysterious’
Dhaka, Jan 14 – The body of a private university student was recovered from inside a flat in the city’s Adabar area on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Shihabul Islam Shihab, 22, a BBA final year student of Independent…
Bangla language should be properly respected!
Sixty-five years ago, Language Movement martyrs laid their lives on 21th February in 1952 for the recognition of Bangla as a state Language. Now this day is called International Mother Language day from 1999. Every year, on this day nation…
College teacher shot dead in Natore
A college teacher was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Tinkhoti in Lalpur upazila on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Mosharraf Hossain, a lecturer of Bangla Department of Moharkaya Degree College of Lalpur upazila and son of Mojammel Hossain,…
BAUJA gets new executive
A fifteen-member executive body for Bangladesh Agricultural University Journalists’ Association (BAUJA) for the year 2017 was formed with S.M. Ashiful Islam Maruf of daily Jugantor was elected as president and Md Yousuf Ali of Alokito Bangladesh as general secretary.
Two Textbook Board officials now OSDs
Dhaka, Jan 09 – The Education Ministry on Monday made two officials of the National Curriculum of Textbook Board (NCTB) officer on special duty (OSD) over the errors in the textbooks in 2017.
Why pronunciation matters
Masum Billah When the second language learners can pronounce the English words almost perfectly like native speakers, they can draw the attention of others more easily. They are likely to be understood even if they make errors in other areas.…
5th Convocation of Uttara University held
Dhaka – Mr. Nurul Islam Nahid, MP, Honorable Education Minister, Ministry of Education, Bangladesh said that along with ensuring the education for all, we have to concentrate on the development of Human Development Index (HDI). He also emphasized that the…
Week-long book fair at SC starts
The curtain of the week-long book fair, organized for the third consecutive year by Supreme Court (SC) Bar Association started yesterday on the premises of the apex court. “From 2015, we are holding this fair with much festivity and it…
No textbooks in NCTB website!
No textbooks either in Bengali or English versions are found in the NCTB website. Not only that other materials like teachers’ guide are also not found there except a few.
BCL factions led by president, secretary at BAU clash
Dhaka – A clash took place over silly matter between some followers of president and secretary Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit in Mymensingh at KR market on Thursday evening. Witnesses said, an altercation occurred between followers…
Mistakes to be corrected: Mostafizur
Dhaka – Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman said on Thursday that if they find any mistakes in primary textbooks, they would be corrected.
American teachers teach longer paid less
Two words describe how American public middle school teachers compare to other wealthy countries: Overworked and underpaid.
NY governor makes college tuition free for middle class families
NY 03 Jan: Governor Cuomo presents 1st proposal of 2017 making college tuition free for NY middle class families. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Joins Governor for Announcement at LaGuardia Community College First-in-the-Nation Program Provides Free Tuition to New Yorkers Making…
Steps taken to stop lobbying in primary teacher transfer
Dhaka – The government has put on hold the effectiveness of sections 1.2 and 2.8 of the Government Primary School Teacher Transfer Instructions-2015 until further notice to stop lobbying in the transfer process.