The government has decided not to hold the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and its equivalent examination from this academic year. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave her nod in this regard.  As a result, there will be no JSC, JDC like examinations in the country from this year.

The admission committee of Dhaka University (DU) has recommended to begin admission test from April 29. The committee headed by DU Vice Chancellor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman made this recommendation on Thursday (Jan 12). According to the admission committee sources, the admission test will

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has been inducted into the Nature Positive Universities Alliance, a global network of over 100 universities from almost 50 countries that have pledged to work to prevent and reverse nature loss by addressing their own impacts and restoring

Nobel Laureate British Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah attended a talk on "Writing and Its Hinterland" on 9th January 2023 at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). The event started with the ULAB theme song followed by the welcome speech of Dr. Kazi Anis Ahmed, Vice-president

The Dhaka University authorities have called the PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) programme aspirants for the 2022-2023 academic year (January-June) to apply. Eligible candidates can download PhD application form from the university website https://du.ac.bd and have to deposit Tk 1,000 to

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) opened a primary school for the children of Baghaichhari Upazila of Rangamati. Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, commander of Baghaihat Battalion 54 BGB in Durgam Udalchari BOP area of Sajek Union, and Naik Subedar BOP commander of Udalchari BOP

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Dec 31) formally inaugurated the distribution of free textbooks among students up to the secondary level for the academic year 2023. The “National Textbook Festival” is set to be celebrated across the country on January 1. She formally

Bangladesh University Grants Commission (UGC) Member Professor Dr. Muhammed Alamgir on Wednesday (Dec 28) stressed for a quick solution over the cluster-based admission tests of 22 general and science & technology (GST) public universities. At the same time, he advised to make the

The High Court (HC) today (Dec 27) issued a rule asking authorities concerned as to why it shall not declare illegal the decision of cancelling the migration system in university admission process. The court asked the concerned to reply the rule within 10 days and stayed the decision

Taliban security forces used a water cannon to disperse women protesting the ban on university education for women on Saturday, eyewitnesses said, as the decision from the Taliban-led government continues to cause outrage and opposition in Afghanistan and beyond. The development came

The Taliban have announced the closure of universities to women in Afghanistan, according to a letter by the higher education minister. The minister says the move is until further notice. It is expected to take effect immediately. It further restricts women's access to formal

The US Embassy in Bangladesh is calling for applications for the 2023-2024 Community College Initiative (CCI) Programme, which provides current Bangladeshi undergraduate students with scholarships to study in US. According to the US Embassy, the CCI Programme provides Bangladeshi

Secondary schools will start enrollment of students for class 1 to 9 from tomorrow (Dec 17).  The admission process will continue till December 21. The government and non-government schools will now enroll admission-seekers from waiting list from December 22 to December 27,

University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) observed Martyred Intellectuals Day with due solemnity on the campus.  ULAB organized an online discussion session on December 14.  Writer and columnist Professor Abdul Mannan from ULAB School of Business was the keynote

Selecting 37,574 candidates as assistant teachers in government primary schools of the country, the authorities concerned published the results primarily based on the recruitment tests. Public Relations Officer of Primary and Mass Education Ministry Mahbubur Rahman Tuhin confirmed the

Applications for the UK government’s GREAT Scholarships, delivered by the British Council and GREAT Britain campaign, are now open for Bangladeshi students for the 2023-24 academic year. The GREAT Scholarships offer students from Bangladesh the opportunity to undertake

The ruling Awami League-backed Blue Panel teachers’ association of Dhaka University (DU) has strongly protested the recent move of a vested quarter for creating political unrest in the country during the month of victory. They have issued a statement in this regard on Friday (Dec

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) hosted the two-day TechFest for Autumn 2022, one of the university’s flagship events, on December 3-4, 2022.  The event is organized every year to showcase the technical

The High Court today (Dec 4) ordered to provide online application for Monthly Pay Order (MPO) admission to 152 lecturers and employees working in various degree colleges of the country. A high court division bench consisting of Justice Kashefa Hossain and Justice Kazi Zeenat Haque

The Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies (CBoBS) of Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) of Japan jointly organized an international conference on sustainable blue economy on 27-28 November 2022 at IUB.  The conference was titled