DHAKA: The government has handed over the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) cheque for the month of August to private educational institutions under the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education. The notification issued on Monday (August 27) reads: “The eight cheques can be withdrawn from

DHAKA UNIVERSITY:  Our new generation has to be equipped with practical education, which they can utilize in real life, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid. The Education Minister came up with this thought during a discussion held at Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka

DHAKA:  Bangladesh signed a contract of $520 million (Tk 4316 crore) with World Bank to improve the quality of secondary education and education system. The contract was signed between Bangladesh government and World Bank in the NEC conference room of city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on

DHAKA: The Ministry of Education has nationalized 271 private colleges across the country.    These institutions have been brought under government facility as promised by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to bring one school-college under government facility in each district and

DHAKA: Health and Family Welfare Ministry has decided to increase 500 seats for aspirants seeking admission to MBBS course in public medical colleges for 2018-19 academic sessions. The decision was made in a meting chaired by Health Minister Mohammad Nasim in secretariat on Wednesday

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said if authorities of private universities fail to control its students from joining movement, vice-chancellors will have to answer for it. Though students of schools and colleges have returned to classes from their protest for safe roads,

DHAKA:  The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations-2018 will begin from November 1 across the country. Deputy Secretary of the Department of Secondary and Higher Education of the Ministry of Education (Government Secondary - 1) Abu Ali Md.

CHITTAGONG: The authorities of Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET) directed its students to vacant the dormitories. The male students have been asked to leave by 5pm Tuesday (August 7) and the females by 10am Wednesday (August 8). The authorities have come up

DHAKA: The Education Ministry has called the vice-chancellors of the private universities, to sit in a discussion in wake of the student protests for road safety.  Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will exchange views with the VCs at the auditorium of Institute of Mother Language

Anondodhara, the school of music and arts for the Bangladeshi descendent children in Australia, organized a symbolic protest on Thursday (Aug 3) to show solidarity for the ongoing logical demands by the students in Bangladesh to have safe roads to save lives.  The event was oragnised

DHAKA: Five buses were handed over to the authorities of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School & College as promised by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.  BRTC chairman Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan handed over the keys to the army's Log Area commander Major Ataul Hakim on Saturday morning

DHAKA: Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) will take preliminary test of 39th (special) BCS on Friday (August 3) amid countrywide students’ movement. The MCQ test of 200 marks will be held, between 3 pm and 5 pm, in 25 centers in Dhaka. All candidates must take up their

DHAKA: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina said Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College will get five new buses for students’ transportation and an underpass will be constructed in front of it for crossing the adjacent Airport road.  Moreover, speed breakers will be constructed on the roads

DHAKA: All educational institutions across the country will remain closed on Thursday, said education minister Nurul Islam Nahid. He also told Banglanews that the decision was taken considering the safety of students during the emerging situation. Students of different educational

DHAKA: Some 139 applicants have lost the eligibility to sit for the upcoming 39th BCS (Special) exam as Public Service Commission (PSC) scrapped their applications. They were denied to apply for not having degrees equivalent to BDS.  BSC in Health or Medical Technology (Dental)

DHAKA: Gono Bishwabidyalay (Gono University) lecturer Md Mahady Hasan on Saturday said that once the Bengali people’s dream had to own an independent land and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s reformist revolution was behind the dream. “In the twentieth century, the Turks had shown the

DHAKA: This year’s Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee examinations will begin on November 18. The examinations will continue till November 26. Education Ministry Public Relations Officer (PRO) Rabindranath Roy confirmed the matter to Banglanews Wednesday (July 25).

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said steps will be taken after in looking into the reasons behind the fall of pass rate in HSC, equivalent examinations.  The Education minister also complained that he is being criticized over this year’s low pass rate where as he had

DHAKA: The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations 2018 were published Thursday (July 19) with an average pass percentage of 66.64. A total of 29,262 students scored GPA 5 among around 13,11,457 appeared in the exams.  Education Minister

DHAKA: The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will be published on Thursday (July 19). Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid along with the chairmen of all education boards will hand over the result summery to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the