DHAKA: The Community Club members of Lords, an English medium school, distributed winter clothes to the fire affected people in city’s Korail slum on Tuesday (January 10). They also talked with the poor people and tried to find out their problems, said a press release. With the

DHAKA: Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Tuesday (January 10) acknowledged the errors found in the textbooks freely distributed by the government for 2017. He said: “We never said that we won’t make any mistake.” He was addressing a press briefing at secretariat in the

DHAKA: A four-day “Gobeshona International Annual Conference for Research on Climate Change in Bangladesh” kicked off Sunday (January 8) at the Auditorium of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) in city’s Bashundhara area. Organized by the International Centre for Climate

DHAKA: National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has formed a special probe committee to investigate the errors of the newly given free textbooks meant for use in national schools this year. NCTB chairman Narayan Chandra Saha told Banglanews that the committee will submit an

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Wednesday issued a rule upon authorities concerned asking to explain within four weeks why they should not be directed to evaluate the exam papers of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) by qualified and experienced

DHAKA: A Dhaka University student was declared dead after finding unconscious from his room in Jagannath Hall on Wednesday morning (January 4).  The deceased was identified as Apu Sarker, 20, a second year student of Accounting Information System (AIS) department in DU.  He was a

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday (January 3) stayed the High Court order that declared the VAT imposed on the tuition fee in English medium schools illegal. An appellate division bench, led by chief justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha also fixed January

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday (December 31) criticized the people who talked about the quality of the educational system in Bangladesh. “The people who are not satisfied with the educational system should come forward to provide volunteer service first then give

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the program of distributing free textbooks among students at Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Saturday (December 31). Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid, primary and mass education minister Mostafizur Rahman Fizar and others were

DHAKA: The results of Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee examination were published on Thursday (December 29). A total of 98.51 percent students passed in the PEC exams while 95.85 percent in Ebtedayee. Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman Fizar handed

DHAKA: The results of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations were published on Thursday (December 29). The overall rate of pass in the examination around the country was 92.33 percent. A total of 247,588 students secured GPA 5. Education

DHAKA: The results of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations were published on Thursday morning (December 29). Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the copies of JSC and JDC examination results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at

DHAKA: A day-long consultation workshop on zoonoses and postgraduate curriculum development was held at the seminar room of Sheikh Kamal faculty building in Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) in Dhaka Sunday (25 December). The program was organized by the Medicine & Public

DHAKA: The results of Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Ebtedayee (madrasa) Terminal examinations will be published on December 29. The results will be handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at 11:45am on the same day. Later at 1:00pm, the detailed results will be announced

DHAKA: A five-member delegation led by Prof. Dr. Gui-Fa Su, Vice-President of Guangxi Normal University, China called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter’s office of the university on Thursday (December 22). Other team members were

DHAKA: The results of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations would be published on December 29. Education ministry sources confirmed the matter to Banglanews. Following the tradition, education minister along with chairmen of education

DHAKA: A five-day admission fair of Bangladesh University began on Sunday (December 18). It has been inaugurated at the university’s own campus in city’s Mohammadpur area at 10.00am. The Fair will continue till December 22 from 9.00am to 5.00pm everyday. Different levels of

DHAKA: High Commission of India in Dhaka announced the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarships for the academic session 2017-18 for Bangladeshi nationals. The scholarships are awarded to meritorious Bangladeshi nationals to pursue various courses in India at the Under

DHAKA: ‘Conversion to Islam’ in South Asia was an outcome of social liberation inspired by the liberating message preached by the ‘Sufi Sheikhs’. It was not a sudden process, it was a very slow and unconscious process that took centuries after centuries. So, the process

DHAKA: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) and Canadian University of Bangladesh on Sunday (December 11). Managing Director and CEO Ali Reza Iftekhar and Vice Chancellor of Canadian University of Bangladesh Prof. Dr. William H. Derrenger