DHAKA: Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Friday said that new educational policy will be composed to keep pace with the world.The minister came up with the assertions while addressing an awareness raising debate competition on ‘social devolution rather than the lack of good

DHAKA: The Dhaka University 'Ga' unit admission test for first year honors courses for the session 2015-2016 was held on Friday morning.The one-hour examination at 56 centres across the capital, including on the DU campus, started from 10am.A total of 43,234 candidates were applied for

DHAKA: The Board of Trustees of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) re-elected Rashed Chowdhury as its Chairman for a two-year term, says a press release.Rashed Chowdhury obtained his Post Graduation in Business Management from Kingston University, UK.He is the Chairman of Mutual

DHAKA: English medium schools in the country will have to pay value added tax (VAT) as a vacation bench of the Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) put a stay order of a High Court’s (HC) previous stay order in this regard on Wednesday.Vacation bench Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said Non-Government Teachers’ Selection Commission (NTSC) will be formed within one month to ensure transparency in teacher recruitment.After formation of the NTSC, Non-Government Teachers' Registration & Certification Authority (NTRCA) will

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The results of admission test under the ‘Kha’ unit of Dhaka University’s undergraduate program for the session of 2015-16 were published on Tuesday morning.Vice Chancellor of the university AAMS Arefin Siddique announced the results around 10:20am.Only 14.68

CHITTAGONG: Two students of Chittagong University (CU) drowned in water falls during bath on Monday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Asaduzzaman Rifat and Naimul Hasan, honors first year students of human resource management department of the university.Hathazari fire service and

JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY: The result of the admission test under ‘B’ Unit of Jagannath University (JnU) for the session 2015-16 has been published on Monday.A total of 4,577 candidates qualified against 720 seats under ‘B’ unit.Of them, 3,170 got chance from humanities while 926 in

DHAKA: The results of the test under ‘Kha’ unit for admission into Dhaka University (DU) for the session of 2015-16 will be published on Tuesday morning.Du vice chancellor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique will publish the result  officially at central admission officer in the administrative

DHAKA: Professor Dr MM Shahidul Hasan has been made vice-chancellor (VC) of East West University (EWU) on Sunday.President and also Chancellor of the universities Abdul Hamid made this appointment for four years.EWU public relations officer (PRO) SM Mahiuddin told banglanews that Dr

DHAKA: Chittagong University Economists Forum (CUEF) on Friday organized a post-eid congregation at Shayla Squire Community Center in port city Chittagong.A good number of former students of CU economics department, among others, attended the daylong program with festive mood.CUEF

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon authorities concerned to enroll the children in their respective areas without any admission test.She came up with the urge while addressing the inaugural program of "Shishu Adhikar Saptaha-2015" at Bangladesh Shishu Academy in city on

DHAKA: Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid called upon teachers of public universities to keep confidence in the government.He said, “The government respect teachers. Teachers’ dignity stands above everyone else. We have given priority to the demands of the teachers.”The minister

DHAKA: The written test under ‘Kha’ unit for admission into Dhaka University for the session of 2015-16 was held on Friday morning.The examination started at 10:00am kin 69 centers in the city, including DU campus. University sources said that a total of 31,163 students took part in

GAZIPUR: Bangladesh Open University (BOU) HSC Examinations will be started from Friday (October 9) at 382 centers simultaneously.Bangladesh Open University takes all HSC Exams on Friday and Saturday. The HSC Exam will end on December 5, said a press release of BOU issued on Thrusday. 

Dhaka: Library and information science (diploma) examinations under the 2015 academic year of National University (NU) have been postponed.NU authorities announced the matter on Thursday (8 October) afternoon.In a press note they said, library and information science (diploma)

DHAKA: Teachers of the primary schools have announced the withdrawal of their protest movements after a meeting with primary and mass education minister Mostafizur Rahman.The 1-hour close-door meeting was held at minister’s Mintoo Road residence in city on Thursday morning following the

JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY: The honors first year admission test of “B” Unit for the session 2015-16 in Jagannath University (JnU) is scheduled to be held on Friday.The decision was taken from a meeting of academic council on Thursday morning.Jagannath University Shikkhak Samity president

DHAKA: Students, who are demanding fresh admission tests for medical and dental colleges, have announced new protest programs for Thursday.The program was announced from the premises of Central Shahid Minar in city.On behalf of the protesting students Khaled Saifullah said, ‘We tried to

DHAKA: The government has decided to cut 10 marks in multiple choice questions (MCQ) in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations from 2017 onwards.The decision was taken in a meeting, chaired by education minister Nurul Islam Nahid, at his