Friday, 10 Jan, 2025

Education

Banglanews correspondent Himel receives JU ‘Conservation Media Award’

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: Country’s leading online news portal Banglanews24.com’s Jahangirnagar University (JU) correspondent Nur Alam Himel was given ‘Conservation Media Award’ for his report on protecting bird and biodiversity.   JU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Farzana Islam

Students of 7-DU affiliated colleges withdraw blockade

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Students of seven Dhaka University (DU) affiliated colleges, who staged demonstration by blocking city’s Nilkhet intersection earlier in the day, have withdrawn blockade after DU Vice-chancellor gave assurance for realizing their demand. Students blocked the road

SSC exams on prior schedule if DNCC by-polls delayed

DHAKA: The Dhaka education board said the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be held as per the previous schedule as the High court stayed the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-polls. Dhaka education board said it on Wednesday (January

11 injured as DU, DMC students clash

DHAKA: As many as 11 people including a journalist and a police member were injured in a clash between the students of Dhaka University (DU) and Dhaka Medical College (DMC) in Bakshibazar area Tuesday night (January 16).  DMC’s Dr Fazle Rabbi Hall unit BCL General Secretary Sheikh

Ebtedayee teachers’ hunger strike enters 6th day

DHAKA: The teachers of country’s Ebtedayee madrasas are continuing their hunger strike in front of the National Press Club in the city despite many teachers fell sick. Their hunger strike unto death entered sixth day on Sunday (January 14), while it is 14th day of their movement.

Nahid warns of tougher action against education business

SAVAR (DHAKA): Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has warned that tougher action will be taken against those who set up private universities for business and profit. He said this while speaking at the 7th Convocation ceremony of the Daffodil International University in Savar, on the

Technological change needed in education: ICT minister

DHAKA: Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar stressed the importance of technology in Education. The Minister was addressing a roundtable titled 'Block Chain in Global Finance System- Bangladesh stance’ held at the office of Bangladesh

DU in Asia’s 350 top varsity list

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Dhaka University has been recognized as one of the best 350 best universities of Asia, according to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking-2018. The ranking was done by a London-based institution Times Higher Education. They sent a fax message

DSHE DG repeals transfer orders made by predecessor

DHAKA: The newly-appointed Director General (DG) Prof Mahabubur Rahman of Directorate of Secondary & Higher Education (DSHE) cancelled transfer orders for some of the employees earlier issued by his predecessor. An official order signed by the DSHE Assistant Director Shakhawat Hossain

Bhashani varsity students lock admin building again to realize demands

TANGAIL: The students of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University in Tangail kept the administrative building of the university locked again on Sunday (January 07) to realize their five-point demand. The agitating students locked the administrative building at about 11:00 am

Lock at Bhashani University’s administrative building

TANGAIL: The agitating students on Saturday (January 06) put the administrative building of the Maulana Bhashani Science and Technology University in Tangail under lock and key to realize their five-point demand. The building was locked for three hours in the afternoon. The students

CMC closed after BCL clash

COMILLA: Comilla Medical College (CMC) was closed till January 11 following a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling party, on the campus Friday (January 5). All the students were asked to vacate the dormitories by the noon, said CMC

DU cancels studentship of 15 over admission scam

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The authorities of Dhaka University cancelled studentship of 15 students for their involvement in admission scam. The decision was made at the university disciplinary board meeting on Thursday morning (January 4) which will be later finalized in syndicate meeting. 

15 DU students being stripped off studentship for cheating

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: University of Dhaka (DU) has taken a decision to scrap studentship of 15 of their students as a punishment for involvement in admission test fraudulence. The decision was taken at the DU disciplinary committee’s meeting Thursday (January 4).  The decision will

Pass rate, GPA-5 drop in 2017 JSC, JDC exams

DHAKA: The pass rate and the number of GPA-5 in the examinations of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) for 2017 dropped than previous years. The pass rate for the JSC examinations is 83.65 percent, which was 93.06 percent in 2016. The pass rate dipped

JSC, JDC pass rate 83.65%

DHAKA: Around 83.65 percent students have passed on average in Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations in 2017. The total number of passed students stands at 20,18,271. The individual passing rate is 83.10% in JSC and 86.80% in JDC.

PM launches free textbook distribution

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated free textbook distribution program for the academic year 2018 on Saturday (December 30), ahead of January 1 ‘National Textbook Festival’. The premier launched the program by handing over books of primary and secondary levels to

PEC pass rate 95.18%, Ebtedayee 92.94%

DHAKA: Around 95.18 percent students have passed Primary Education Completion (PEC) while 92.94 percent students have passed Ebtedayee examinations in 2017. Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman handed over the copy of the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at

Primary, Ebtedayee, JSC, JDC results on Dec 30

DHAKA: The results of this year’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations as well as Primary Education Completion (PEC) and its equivalent Ebtedayee examinations will be published on Saturday (Dec 30). Prior to the results publishing,

UODA admission fair begins

DHAKA: The University of Development Alternative (UODA) has organized an admission fair for the honors and masters programmes in different disciplines. The six-day fair began on Tuesday (December 26) and it will continue till December 31 this year, says a press release sent from the