Robert M. Pirsig, who inspired generations to road trip across America with his “novelistic autobiography,” Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, died Monday at the age of 88. His publisher William Morrow & Company said in a statement that Pirsig died at his home in South

DHAKA: Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) has fixed 40 private secondary schools and 285 colleges for nationalization. DSHE secondary unit on Sunday (April 23) issued an order saying the finance department has agreed to nationalize 42 schools as per the Prime Minister

DHAKA: Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) celebrated “Pahela Baishakh 1424”at its own campus in Bashudhara, Dhaka on April 14, 2017 by implementing various colorful events.  Welcoming the Bengali New Year, the Division of Students Affairs (DoSA), IUB, organized activities

RETURNING FROM KOLKATA: The famous creation 'Bidrohi’ of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will attain 100 years in 2021. The poem ‘Bidrohi’ or rebel was composed at a house 3/4 C, Taltala lane of Kolkata. In 2021 Bangladesh will celebrate its 50 years. Only few years later from now. In

DHAKA: Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Saturday (April 15) asked private universities to go to their own permanent campuses to avoid legal actions, including ban on further enrolment of students. The minister made the announcement while addressing as chief guest at the 4th

DHAKA: The authorities of the Dhaka University have issued an order, making compulsory of the use of the Bengali calendar (i.e. date, month) simultaneously with Gregorian calendar in official work. Registrar Office of the university issued a notification in this regard on Thursday

NEW DELHI: The Hindi edition of the ‘Oshomapto Attojiboni’ (Unfinished Memoirs), of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been unveiled in India. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in India on a four-day state visit, and Indian Prime

DHAKA: Two senior officials of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) have been transferred to different places over errors in the school textbooks.   The ministry of education made the transfer order following an investigation report. The two officials are-- NCTB

DHAKA: The ministry of public administration has issued the gazette notification on the 35th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) recruitment, recommending a total of 2073 candidates for recruitment in different government cadres. The gazette notification was issued on Sunday (April 02).

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid informed that question papers for public examinations will be printed in digital way, in a bid to prevent leakage. According to the minister, the process will be followed from next academic year. “From the next year, question papers will

DHAKA: Eastern News Agency (ENA) Chief Editor Omar Yasser Mallick has taken initiative to bring 50 European varsities together for holding an education fair in Nepal, India and Bangladesh in October next.    He is now visiting Katmandu of Nepal in this regard. The ENA Chief Editor

DHAKA: Japan extended grant assistance worth US$60,291 to Bangladesh National Zoo for improvement of audio-visual equipment for educational exhibition under the scheme of Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects. The contract for this project was signed on Thursday at the

PATUAKHALI: Students of Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) released the vice-chancellor (VC) and other teachers and officials form about 17 hours of confinement in their respective rooms in the administrative building. The agitating PSTU students postponed their

DHAKA: The high court on Tuesday (March 21) has ordered to withdraw within six hours the Bangladesh Medical College (BDC) strike that started on March 15.  An HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Rezaul Haque and Justice Mohammad Ullah passed the order after an initial hearing of a writ

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (March 16) said the government is always ready to provide all-out support to any productive scientific research. She also urged to researchers to be more careful about their researches. The premier came up with the remark

DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain within four weeks why the Anti-Corruption commission (ACC) should not be directed to investigate the allegation of financial irregularities against four officials of Rajshahi University.   They four

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested the acting exam controller of National University (NU) M Badruzzaman in a money embezzlement case. ACC deputy director (public relations) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya on Monday (March 13) told Banglanews that a team of the anti-graft body

DHAKA: India has donated Tk 12.08 crore for building a modern girls’ school in Khulna to ensure better education for women on the occasion of International Woman’s day on Wednesday (March 8). The donation was given to an ongoing construction project titled “Construction of

KUSHTIA: The authorities of Islamic University (IU) have suspended three people including a mathematics department chief over question paper leakage in the first year admission test of the ‘F’ (Applied Science and Technology) unit of the 2016-2017 sessions.  The university

DHAKA: Speakers at a seminar put emphasis on building a digital platform to ease the total education system for students. They were addressing the seminar titled “Education for Every Citizen – Building a Digital Platform for Education and Learning” held during BASIS Soft Expo