DHAKA: The education ministry will finally decide on February 1 whether the SSC examinations will be deferred or not following a 72-hour nationwide shutdown enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance.Education secretary Nazrul Islam Khan came up with the development while talking to

DHAKA: A seven-day workshop on software is going on at University of Dhaka (DU) in the capital.The workshop, starting from Wednesday, will continue till February 1. There is no registration fee for this event. US-based center for human development Bangladesh (CHDBD) has organized the

DHAKA: The British High Commission and the British Council have involved in the delivery of a two-year-programme to improve how English is taught in the prestigious cadet colleges of the country.As part of this overall programme, Executive Principal of the Duke of York’s Royal Military

DHAKA: A total of 1,479,266 students will participate in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations for this year.Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid told the media at Secretariat in city on Thursday on the occasion of the examinations to begin from February

DHAKA: Bangladesh is now eligible to apply for a Program Implementation Grant in the amount of up to US$100 million over three years as the country became the 60th developing country partner of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).Primary and Mass Education Ministry, in a pres note

DHAKA: The Jahangirnagar University authorities have extended time of submitting application for M Phil and PhD admission under 2014-2015 academic session to February 26.The disclosure came from a press release on Wednesday.The extended time is eligible for all courses of MPhil and PhD

DHAKA: The upcoming Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will begin in due time despite the nationwide road-water-railway blockade program of the BNP-led 20-party alliance for indefinite period.Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid came up with the firm

DHAKA: Over 95 percent students have passed in the 3rd year examinations, held in 2014, of National University. The result will be available at 7:00pm on Monday at the official websites of the university, www.nu.edu.bd and www.nubd.info. Examinees can get the results by sending SMS

DHAKA: Government has moved for sending the best teachers and officers of primary schools abroad to develop their skill, said sources concerned.People’s representatives will also be included in this sort of program, they added.Director General (DG) of the Directorate of Primary

DHAKA: Bangladesh became the 60th developing country partner of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).  The country joins the Global Partnership with its Third Primary Education Development Program which aims to make the pre-primary and primary education system efficient, inclusive

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance on Wednesday announced the scheduled O-Level and A-Level examinations would be out of hartal and blockade purview.In a press release signed by party vice-chairman Selima Rahman said hartal and blockade programs would continue but the O-Level and A-Level

DHAKA: A cocktail was blasted and another one was recovered inside the Arts Faculty Building of Dhaka University on Tuesday noon. Witness said a cocktail went off with a huge bang in an open space between the History Department and Mass Communication and Journalism Department of the

DHAKA: The World Bank (WB) will provide a loan of 400 million US dollars to an ongoing primary education development project in the country. Economic Relations Division (ERD) secretary Mohammad Mesbah Uddin and World Bank country director in Bangladesh Johannes Zutt signed the agreement

DINAJPUR: At least 10 activists were injured in a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) on Sunday.The injured include BCL HSTU unit president Iftekharul Islam Real and general secretary Arun Kanti

SYLHET: Over one hundred local weapons have been recovered from different residential halls of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) here on Saturday.The arms include 20-22 machetes, 18-20 knives and 35-40 sticks.Sources told banglanews that the lethal weapons were

DHAKA: Orientation programs for the newly enrolled students of spring semester-2015 of Green University of Bangladesh (GUB) were held on January 14 and 17 at its auditorium in city.Managing Director and also CEO of Mercantile Bank Ltd Mohammad Ehsanul Haque was present as the Guest

UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA: At least 40 students have been injured in inter-hall clashes at University of Dhaka (DU) early Friday. However, the condition of three among the victims is critical.Sources told banglanews that the clashes erupted around 2:00am between two groups of members of

DHAKA: Principal M Abu Bakkar Siddique of Narsingdi Government College has been appointed as Dhaka Education Board chairman on deputation. Education ministry issued an order in this regard on Thursday. However, the previous chairman Dilara Hafiz went to a post-retirement vacation on

DHAKA: Tuesday (January 13) was the fourth anniversary of the law banning corporal punishment in Bangladesh schools and an occasion many school pupils joyfully celebrated.On that day in 2011, Justices Md. Imman Ali and Md. Sheikh Hasan Arif declared corporal punishment to be ‘cruel,

DHAKA: A two-day training session on innovative research began on Tuesday under the ‘Pro-Poor Trade’ project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with University of Dhaka (DU).The training session, held at the Social Science Faculty Building in DU, will