NEW YORK: Former Public Service Commission (PSC) chairman Professor Dr Muhammad Mostafa Chowdhury breathed his last in Canada on Friday due to old age complexity.He was 74.Mostafa Chowdhury was also chairman of the Department of Political Science of Dhaka University.Family sources said

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: 12 admission seekers were detained during admission tests of Dhaka University KA-Unit for the academic year 2014-15 for their alleged involvement in forging in the examination.  Of the detainees, three were held from Science faculty and rest others were detained

DHAKA: More 244 students passed in Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations for 2014 after rechecking their scripts.All of them have been informed about their corrected result besides hanging on education boards’ website after publishing the new result on

DHAKA: Dr Khalida Iqram, Professor of Architecture Department at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), has been appointed as its first ever female Vice-Chancellor (VC).Education Ministry Senior Information Officer Subodh Chandra Dhali confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: The honors first-year admission test of Dhaka University KA-Unit (Science Faculty) for the academic year 2014-15 will be held on Friday.The exam will start from 10:00am and continue till 11.30am.This year the admission test will be held at 76 centers in and outside of DU campus.A

CHITTAGONG: Police, in a drive, recovered six cocktails, five machetes, 15 pipes used for making pipe gun and huge amount of raw materials required in making ammunitions from a building of Chittagong University area on Wednesday evening. The law enforcers also seized around two hundreds

DHAKA: A Workshop on Global Action Plan for Autism and Neuro Developmental Disorders held in the city on Wednesday afternoon. Saima Hossain, Member of Expert Advisory Panel on Mental Health, WHO and Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Autism in Bangladesh chaired the program.

CHITTAGONG: Police detained five activists of Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, for their alleged link with attack on teachers’ buses on Wednesday. Following the bomb attack in buses, law enforcers, in a drive, held them from Chhararkul and Foteyabad areas of the

CHITTAGONG: At least sixteen people, including twelve teachers, of Chittagong University sustained injuries in crude bomb attacks by Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, on two buses carrying the varsity’s teachers on Wednesday morning. They were attacked on

JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY: The first-year honors admission test of ‘E Unit’ under 2014-15 academic session of Jagannath University (JnU) will be held on September 13. The examination will start at 3:00pm on the day, a press release said. Besides the Fine Arts and Graphics department,

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: The first-year honors admission test under 2014-15 academic session of Jahangirnagar University (JU) will begin from September 17.However, it will continue till September 23, said a press release on Tuesday sent by university’s public relations

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, KUSHTIA: Islamic University Proctor Dr Mahbubur Rahman resigned amid the news of arms training of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the campus published.Mahbubur submitted the resignation letter to IU vice-chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Abdul Hakim Sarkar on Tuesday

DHAKA: The LLB graduates from the law departments of 31 private universities are entitled to be registered by Bangladesh Bar Council.The Bar Council took the decision on September 7.According to the Bar Council’s notice, the Legal Education Committee Meeting took the decision about

DHAKA: Government Titumir College resumed functioning after situation became normal on Tuesday noon. Earlier in the morning, college authority closed all viva voce examinations and classes following pressure of Chhatra League leaders and activists who have not gotten any post in the

DHAKA: The results of admission test under the ‘Ga’ unit of Dhaka University’s undergraduate programme for Business Studies faculty, session of 2014-15 were published on Tuesday morning. A total of 9,906 students qualified out of 48,057.  The result can be found on the university

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The results of the ‘Ga’ unit admission test under academic session 2014-15 of Dhaka University are set to be published on Tuesday.University vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique will publish the results formally at the central admission office around 11:00am.The

DHAKA: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Monday urged admission seekers to be careful about taking admission in 12 private universities, which are facing various problems including cases.The UGC authorities advised the admission seekers and guardians to take decisions after

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Ten students of Mass Communication and Journalism Department of Dhaka University (DU) got the 'Professor Sitara Parvin Award' on Monday.They were awarded for their outstanding academic performance in honors final examination in 2013.DU Vice-chancellor Professor AAMS

GOPALGANJ: At least 21, including a teacher and five policemen, were injured during clashes at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science & Technology University (BSMRSTU) here on Monday.Minarul Islam, Associate Professor of Mathematics Department of the university was identified among

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY: Authorities of Islamic University has imposed ban on political activities on the campus for indefinite period.Political activities including rally, procession, meeting and staying at party tents inside the campus will not be allowed during this ban, said the