The Islamic University (IU) has been closed for an indefinite period as the students went berserk following the death of a fellow student in a road accident. The decision to close the university was taken at an emergency meeting of…
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South Asia Youth Society holds ‘Let’s talk failure’ discussion
Paramita Dey Success story is universally appreciated. What it will be if we think out of the box? Then it will be “Failure Stories”! Are you laughing? We all know a quote “Failure is the pillar of success”. It is…
The craving for motherhood
Tasneem Noor Maisha Nancy found herself momentarily immobile, starring into those small yet bewitching eyes of the little angelic infant in her lap. The infant broke into a soothing cackle, filling her entire being with tranquility. As if the small…
One activist killed in BCL clash: SUST closed sine die
A clash between rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) for establishing supremacy at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on Thursday killed one activist and prompted the authorities to declare the university closed sine die. The university…
Female found locked in slain RU teacher’s house detained
Rajshahi police has detained a master’s level female student who was found inside the locked house of slain RU teacher Prof Shafiul Islam. The student was found inside the sociology department teacher’s locked house in Chouddapai area, adjacent to the…
Turn in RU teacher murder case, college principal held
Amid strong protests against the murder of Rajshahi University teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam, police arrested 20 people, including a college principal, in connection with the killing. Officer-in-charge of Motihar Police Station Amagir Hossain said local police and detectives launched…
SAU admission test held peacefully
Fresher’s admission test for admission into Level-1, Semester-1 (2015-intake) B.Sc.Ag.(Hons), BBA (Agribusiness), B.Sc. Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka was held peacefully on November 14 Saturday. A total of 21800 candidates took part in the…
RU teacher stabbed to death in Rajshahi city. Arrest killers: PM
A teacher of Rajshahi University was stabbed to death by some miscreants in Bihash area in the city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as AKM Shafiul Islam, 40, a professor of Sociology Department of the university. Sources at Rajshahi…
‘Students need leadership training for cherished national uplift’
Speakers at a discussion stressed the need for arranging leadership training for the students of higher seats of learning for equipping them with modern knowledge for the sake of cherished national development in future.
Students protesting DU admission policy come under attack
Several hundred students of different colleges who were demonstrating in front of Raju sculpture on the Dhaka University campus on Friday came under attack allegedly by some Chhatra League activists. Several hundred students of different colleges staged a demonstration on…
DU dean polls on Nov 6
Voting to elect deans for different faculties of Dhaka University will be held on November 6 from 10am to 2pm at the Senate Bhaban on the campus. DU teachers’ vehicles will run on different routes on the day, according to…
What Bangladesh’s secondary school categorisation has really achieved
Masum Billah The planning and developing wing of directorate of secondary and higher education has revealed a report tiled institutional self-assessment summery 2014 at the National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM) conference hall recently. With a view to finding out…
55 school buildings constructed in Mymensingh
The government has constructed 55 secondary schools buildings last year in Mymensingh district for providing better education facilities to students.
DU sacks teacher, expels over 100 students
The Dhaka University has fired a teacher for falsifying research and expelled 102 students from different departments and affiliate colleges for cheating in examinations. The syndicate took the decisions at a meeting on Sunday night, Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique…
60 percent creative questions in JSC math
Students sitting for the Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations will have to answer 60 percent creative questions in mathematics from this year. The education ministry issued an order on Friday redistributing numbers for JSC math.
The thought of increasing pass rate overshadows quality
Masum Billah The results of Secondary School Certificate examination came out with the message of significantly high pass rates and higher grades. And this has been a common picture for the last six years which definitely make us elated as…
IUBAT Inaugurates new CSE lab
Academic experts in information technology opine that gone are the days of old hypothesis based on supply side meaning growth of professionals, who would confront problems in practical field and learn through discharging job responsibilities. Presently, the hypothesis has been…
Associated British Food team meets DU VC
A three-member delegation of Associated British Food, led by its Company Secretary and Legal Affairs Director Paul Lister, met Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at office on Tuesday.
Sylhet Nursing College closed
Authorities have closed down Sylhet Nursing College for an indefinite period and asked students to vacate dormitories by 5pm on Tuesday. The move comes after Monday’s incident in which intern doctors at MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital had reportedly…
Nurses, a force for change vital health, IUBAT program told
Speakers at the annual celebration of the ‘International Nurses Day 2014’ at IUBAT on Monday reflected the great role of nursing community in saving human life. They said Bangladesh requires 100,000 additional nurses to meet the mounting needs of rising…
91.34 per cent pass SSC exams
Results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations have been published and 91.34 per cent of students have passed the tests. As many as 142, 276 examinees have got GPA-5. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the results to Prime…
Failure to obtain desired SSC result prompts a suicide
After failing to obtain desired result in the SSC examination, a boy allegedly committed suicide in the port city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Sourav, 17, son of Sanjida Khatun, a nurse of Chittagong Medical College Hospital…
Rajuk Uttara Model College best in SSC results
With a score of 99.28 points Rajuk Uttara Model College sits on the top of 20 best-performing schools under Dhaka Board in this year’s SSC results. Ideal School and College in Motijheel ( 98.58 points) and Viqarunnisa Noon School (98.15…
SSC exam results Saturday
The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on Saturday (May 17). Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will formally hand over the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at 10 am on…
Hearing against Parimal sacking on 26 June
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred the hearing in the case filed against sacked teacher Parimal Joydhar of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College for molesting a girl student of the institute deferred to June 26. Judge-in-Charge of Dhaka’s Women and…
SSC Exam results May 17
The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on May 17 (Saturday). “Yes, the results of SSC and its equivalent examinations will be published on May 17,” senior information officer of the…
Trader abduction: DU suspends 4 students
The Dhaka University authorities on Sunday suspended four of its students, who are also BCL men, for their involvement in kidnapping a Flexiload trader. The action was taken against them under section 52 (2) of the Proctorial Rules, said a…
No certificate for erring RMCH interns
The Rajshahi Medical College Hospital authorities have withheld the certificates of 20 odd interns who have been accused of assaulting journalists. On Saturday, the authorities said they would consider issuing the certificates to the 49th batch interns after reviewing the…
3-hour wait under sun to receive MP makes students faint
More than 50 students fell unconscious after being made to stand under the sun for hours to greet Pirojpur Sadar MP AKMA Awal. The students of Karimunnessa Girls School say they waited at the school’s ground for three hours on…
Madaripur school bldg declared abandoned for cracks
Classes run outdoors for a year The students of Kamlapur Government Primary School in Rajoir upazila of the district have been attending classes in the open for the last one year, as the school building was declared abandoned after it…