DHAKA: Khulna Government Girl’s College principal Professor Mohammad Abdul Alim has been appointed as new chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Jessore. The education ministry issued an order in this regard on Monday (October 31). Bangladesh Civil Service

DHAKA: The admission seekers of private medical colleges MBBS course for 2016-17 session have been asked to submit their applications from November 12 to 26. The decision came from a meeting chaired by Health and Family Welfare minister Mohammed Nasim on Monday (October 31). The

DHAKA: Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations for 8th grade students are scheduled to begin on Tuesday (November 1). A total of 2,412,775 examinees will sit for the upcoming examinations and the number of girl candidates is higher than boys.

CHITTAGONG: Three persons were held for giving proxy examination in the 1st year honors admission test of Chittagong University (CU) E-unit on Saturday (October 29). Confirming the matter to Banglanews CU assistant Proctor Liton Mitra said one of the detainees is identified as its

JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY: Five examinees have been detained for allegedly leaking the question paper of Jagannath University (JnU) admission test for faculty of science (D-unit) for 2016-17 session. JnU authority handed over the detainees to the Sutrapur Police on Friday afternoon (October

BAU (MYMENSINGH): The first year honor’s admission test of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) under academic session 2016-17 will begin on Saturday (October 29). University Public Relation and Publication Department said that the examination will start from 11:00 am in 16

KHULNA: The admission test of Khulna University (KU) for first year honors students for 2016-17 session is scheduled to be held from November 3 to 5. A meeting regarding the security and overall management of the upcoming test was held at university’s administration building on

DHAKA: The ‘10 Minute School’, supported by telecom operator, has won the Swiss Embassy Award for Social Impact at Seedstar Dhaka. Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, ICT state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Switzerland embassy in Bangladesh head of political, economic and

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Some 13.55 percent candidates of ‘Ka’ unit of Dhaka University (DU) 1st year honors for 2016-17 session have cleared the admission test. DU VC professor AAMS Arefin Siddique officially published the results at university central admission office around 6:00pm

DHAKA: Over 24-lakh students will participate in Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations scheduled to be held on November 1. Education minister Nurul Nahid said the examinations will be held as per schedule and there is no doubt about it. He

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: A two-day international conference on climate change will kick-off at Nowab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University (DU) on Saturday (October 22). DU anthropology department issued a press release in this regards on Friday (October 21). As many as 400

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Dhaka University (DU) authority on Friday (October 21) detained seven applicants on charge of swindling in the “Ka Unit” admission test examination for the educational session 2016-17. The applicants were held for using electronic devices illegally during the

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The admission test for first year honors under ‘Ka’ unit of Dhaka University (DU) for 2016-17 session will be held on Friday morning (October 21). DU Public Relations Office issued a press release in this regard on Thursday (October 20) adding that the examination

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: Jahangirnagar University (JU) Economics Department Professor M Shawkat Ali has been continuing two permanent jobs allegedly by hiding information. He has also been serving as an associate professor and head of the Department of Economics at American

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY: The 10th convocation of Rajshahi University (RU) is scheduled to be held on December 24. RU vice-chancellor professor Muhammad Mizanuddin confirmed the matter to Banglanews on Saturday afternoon (October 15). Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid will chair the

DHAKA: A total of 29,183 candidates have passed in the MBBS admission test for the session 2016-17. The pass rate of the result is 34.30 percent. The admission process will be started from October 20 and continue till October 31. Health service director general professor Dr Abul

DHAKA: The admission test result of MBBS session 2016-17 has been published on Monday (October 10). Health ministry public relations officer (PRO) Parikshit Chowdhury confirmed the matter to Banglanews in the evening. Details are available at the Health Directorate website

DHAKA: Themed ‘You Speak, We Listen’, the Customer Service Week organized by the British Council commenced Monday (October 3) at the British Council office at Fuller Road, Dhaka. The four-day celebration is slated to continue till October 6, said a press release. Customer

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Several errors had been found in the question paper of Ga Unit admission test for honors 1st year of 2016-17 session in Dhaka University (DU). One of the sets contained 99 questions instead of 100. Even serial numbers of questions were found wrong in other sets. DU

DHAKA: The preliminary examination of 37th BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service) was held on Friday morning (September 30). As many as 243,476 candidates appeared in the examination at the centers in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Rangpur, Sylhet and Khulna cities at a time. BDT: