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Education

Forgery gang seize main certificates of students

DHAKA: Detectives and Criminal Investigation Department (north) deputy commissioner (DC) Sheikh Nazmul Alam said the gang of question paper forgery used to seize main certificates of SSC and HSC examinations of university admission seekers.He was addressing a press conference at Dhaka

12 held over DU entry test question leak

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Detective Branch of police detained 12 people for alleged question paper leak ahead of 'Ka' Unit entry test of Dhaka University (DU) that is scheduled to be held on Friday.In overnight drives on Thursday, they were picked up from different places of the city, DU acting

DU ‘Ka’ unit entry test held

DHAKA: The test for admission into first year honors courses under ‘Ka’ unit of the Dhaka University for the 2015-2016 academic session was held on Friday.The one and a half hour test started at 10:00am at 76 centers in the city, including university campus.A total of 71,350

BOU SSC exams from Friday

GAZIPUR: Bangladesh Open University (BOU) SSC examinations will begin on Friday (October 30) at 441 centers simultaneously across the coutnry.All the examinations will be held on Fridays and Saturdays, to end on December 4, said a BOU press release issued on Thursday.According to the

JSC-JDC exams from Nov 1

DHAKA: The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will start from Sunday (November 1).This year, as many as 2,325,933 students will sit for the examinations at 2,627 centers, including two aboard.The examinations will end on November 18.Education

JnU ‘A’ unit entry test Friday

DHAKA:  The test for admission into first year honors in Jagannath University (JnU) for academic session 2015-16 will be held at 29 centers in the city on Friday.University’s public relations department informed the matters through a media release on Thursday morning. Some 57,703

DU ‘Ka’ unit admission test Friday

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The honors first-year admission test of Dhaka University (DU)’s ‘Ka’ unit for the academic year 2015-16 is set to be held on Friday morning.The public relations division of the university issued a press release in this regard on Wednesday.It said the test will be

Sher-e-Bangla medical college remains open

BARISAL: Sher-e-bangla Medical College of Barisal will not be closed.College principal Dr Bhaskar Saha confirmed the matter to banglanews around 4:30pm.He further said he talked to the leaders of both factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) who ensured him about staying in the college

JU ‘D’ unit admission test results out

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: The results of admission test under the ‘D’ unit of Jahangirnagar University’s undergraduate program for Biological Science faculty, session of 2015-16 were published early Tuesday.A total of 3,714 students passed out of 41,091 applicants against 365 seats.

PGD on Capital Market admission test Nov 7

DHAKA: The admission test for the Postgraduate Diploma in Capital Market (PGDCM) program under the Bangladesh Institute of Capital Market (BICM) will be held on November 7.Application form of the 1-year-long PGDCM program is available at website Application Form-PGDCM or office with fee

4-yr jail for leaking question papers

DHAKA: Those involved in leaking question papers of any public examinations will be awarded maximum four years of jail.Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday also told banglanews that the government has updated the draft of an act that was composed two years ago.He further said

BU free medicare service campaign in city

DHAKA: Bangladesh University’s pharmacy department will organize a free medicare service campaign on its Mohammadpur campus in city on October 21.The campaign will be held from 10.00am to 04.00pm on the day.The organizers will test blood hemoglobin measurement, blood glucose level

40% area quota for Class-I admission

DHAKA: Education ministry officials reached in a consensus about ensuring 40 percent quotas for admission in Class-I for children of dwellers of areas adjacent to government schools concerned.The proposal, however, will be finalized by education minister Nurul Islam Nahid.Education

JU teachers decide to take admission test

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: Jahangirnagar University (JU) Teachers Association has decided to take honors first year admission tests for the session 2015-16.The association president Professor Khabir Uddin said that they took the decision in a general meeting of the association on Monday

Chevron constructs school building in Bibiyana

DHAKA: Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration & Production Bangladesh president Melody Meyer recently laid the foundation stone for a new building for Nadampur High School near Chevron’s Bibiyana Gas Plant.The proposed structure is five-stories high, and the construction costs for the first

UNESCO upgrades IMLI

DHAKA: UNESCO has upgraded International Mother Language Institute in Dhaka from third category to second category.The UN organization for education, science and culture recently made this updradation.Cabinet secretary Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan made this disclosure to the media

17.56pc pass DU ‘Ga’ unit test

DHAKA: Some 7,194 students which is 17.56pc of the total candidates have passed the ‘Ga’ unit admission test of Dhaka University for 2015-16 session.VC AAMS Arefin Siddique made the announcement on Sunday noon.A total of 40,956 aspirants sat for the examinations, but 33,762 failed, he

DU ‘Ga’ unit results on Sunday

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The results of admission test under ‘Ga’ unit of Dhaka University’s undergraduate program for Business Studies faculty for session 2015-16 will be published on Sunday.DU vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique will announce the results around 1:00pm.Acting public

RU honors admission tests Nov 9-12

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY: The admission tests in honors first year for 2015-2016 session of Rajshahi University (RU) will start from November 9 and end on November 12.The university website, www.ru.ac.bd, published the routine of the tests on Friday.According to the website, applicants of

‘51% students in primary, 53% in secondary are girls’

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said the female students in primary to secondary schools in the country have already exceeded the number of male students.“Currently, 51 percent students in primary schools and 53 percent in secondary are girls. In higher education, girls will