DHAKA: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court order that allows five percent freedom fighter quota in medical admission tests for the session 2013-14 as per decision of the University Grants Commission (UGC).The Appellate Division led-by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha

JU: Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities suspended five students for assaulting Assistant Proctor.The decision was taken in the syndicate meeting on Wednesday night.Suspended students are—Foysal Rabbi Riyad, Anik Shuvon Bala Sonet, Aminur Rahman Taki, Arif Ahmed Mafi and Md Sumon.

DHAKA: The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations, scheduled to be held on Thursday (February 12), have been postponed due unavoidable circumstances. “We have decided to postpone the examinations as the BNP-led 20-party alliance did not withdraw the hartal

DHAKA: Teachers of vocational institutions on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia demanding to keep country’s educational activities and examinations out of purview of the hartal, blockade and other political programs.A five-member team of Bangladesh

DHAKA: The question papers for Primary teacher recruitment will be printed just an hour before the examination aimed at averting questionnaire leakage.M Alamgir, Director General of Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) disclosed the latest decision of Primary and Mass Education

DHAKA: The decision on Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination, scheduled for Thursday, will be taken on Wednesday.Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid was briefing journalists on Tuesday afternoon.He said: “We still hope that the BNP-led 20-party alliance will withdraw the

DHAKA: Primary and mass education minister Mostafizur Rahman on Tuesday ordered authorities concerned not to close the primary schools even for a single day amid the hartal and indefinite nationwide blockade.He further said the educational institutions cannot be closed by blasting

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has advised to take Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations on Fridays and Saturdays rescheduling the existing routine.The premier made the remarks while visiting ministry for religious affairs on Sunday.Sheikh Hasina said, “Students feel

DHAKA: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, on Saturday announced an indefinite strike at Dhaka University (DU) from Sunday, demanding the DU vice chancellor’s (VC) resignation and coexistence on the campus.The announcement came from a press statement issued by

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has said that no more reschedule will be needed for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations for 2015 due to hartal.The minister came up with the hope while visiting SSC examination hall in city’s Azimpur on

DHAKA: The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations for 2015 began on Friday despite the nationwide road-water-railway blockade for indefinite period sponsored by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.The examination started at 9:00am and will continue till 12:00 noon.The

SIRAJGANJ: Miscreants on Thursday night burnt down here a centre’s office room of this years Dakhil Examinations, equivalent to the Secondary School Certificate (SSC), just hours before of the first test.Sources told banglanews that the centre was damaged at district’s Rayganj

RAJSHAHI: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student affiliate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), on Thursday called an indefinite strike at Rajshahi University (RU) demanding quick release of Kamrul Hasan, general secretary of its university unit.However, JCD also sought level

DHAKA: The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations for 2015 will begin on Friday despite the nationwide road-water-railway blockade for indefinite period sponsored by the BNP-led 20-party alliance. The examination will start at 9:00am and continue till 12:00 noon.

DHAKA: The SSC examination scheduled for Wednesday (January 4) has been shifted to Saturday (January 7) due to unavoidable circumstances.Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid made the rearrangement of examination schedule while talking to journalists at his secretariat office on Tuesday

DHAKA: Jahangirnagar University (JU) Professor Dr Tapan Kumar Saha got University Grants Commission Award-2013 for his research on Physics.The JU authorities issued a press release in this regard on Monday. JU vice-chancellor Professor Dr Farzana Islam congratulated Dr Tapan, also the

DHAKA: Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, on Sunday categorically said the government is working to formulate a ‘National Book Policy’ for encouraging the country’s publishers.“We have taken several long and short terms planning for developing

DHAKA: The Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations will now begin on February 4 as the opening exams scheduled for February 2 have been shifted to February 6.The exams will begin at 9:00 and end at 12:00pm on Friday.The exams have been shifted due to the nationwide

DHAKA: Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman on Saturday said multimedia classrooms have been set up in 20,500 secondary and 1,515 government primary schools across the country facilitating modern-method teaching for 4.2 million students.The minister divulged the

DHAKA: The government postponed examinations of Bangladesh Technical Education Board of February 1 and 3 due to the hartal called by BNP-led 20-party alliance.An office circular singed by Exam controller Dr M Rafiqul Islam made the disclosure Saturday showing an unavoidable reason for