CHITTAGONG: Newly appointed Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Chittagong University (CU) Professor Dr Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury will take charge on Monday.He will join his new office after placing floral wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the campus around 8:00am on the

DHAKA: A two-day education fair ‘Study in India’ started at Bashundhara City in the capital on Friday.Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran inaugurated the fair at 11:30am.Affairs Exhibition and Media Private Ltd organized the fair with the assistance of a2z Study.A

DHAKA: The preliminary examination of 12th Teachers Registration under the Non-Government Teachers’ Registration & Certification Authority (NTRCA) for non-government schools and colleges will be held on Friday.The one-hour preliminary test for school level and school level-2 will start

DHAKA: Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid categorically said that the country’s all educational institutions have to submit their revenue statements to the government.The minister made the assertion when speaking at a national workshop on ‘Payer Inspection’ at National Academy for

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: Professor Dr Monirul Hasan Khan of Jahangirnagar University’s (JU) zoology department was honored with Bangabandhu Award for his outstanding contribution in conservation of wildlife.Environment and forest ministry will hand over the award soon.Earlier on June

DHAKA: A loan pact of Tk 936 crore has been signed between government’s Economic Relations Department (ERD) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) to ensure child-friendly educational environment in Bangladesh.The signing ceremony was held at National Economic Council (NEC) in the Planning

DHAKA: The High Court has allowed three colleges of the city--Holy Cross College, Notre Dame College, St. Joseph Higher Secondary School -- to hold admission tests overruling a government order.After the hearing a writ petition, Justice Naima Haider and Justice M Iqbal Kabir on Monday

DHAKA: The honors fourth year final examinations under the 2013 academic year of National University (NU) have been rescheduled to begin from July 11 instead of June 25.The new schedule of the examination is available on the university website (www.nu.edu.bd).Earlier on June 1, the

DHAKA: Admission process of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) begins. As in the previous years, admission will be based on the results of the students.Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid inaugurated the admission process through online and SMS for 2015-16 education year at National

DHAKA: A total of Tk 31,618 crore has been proposed for the education sector, including primary and mass education, in the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2015-16.Finance Minister AMA Muhith made the proposal before the parliament while placing the budget on Thursday afternoon.In his

DHAKA: In budget speech, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has proposed to increase the rate of VAT being paid by private educational institutions.He said, “Although VAT at a truncated rate of 7.5 percent is currently levied on English Medium School; the Private Universities, Private Medical

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said all educational institutions will contain multimedia classrooms soon by the blessing of technology.The minister came up with this assertion while speaking as chief guest at a program on the third anniversary of multimedia classroom at

DHAKA: Students of National University (NU) will get the institution’s services online. They will need not to come on its Gazipur campus.A press release signed by NU public relation, information and consultancy department (acting) director Mohammad Faizur Karim informed the media on

DHAKA: Newly appointed vice-chancellor of Barisal University (BU) SM Enamul Haque, professor of Soil, Water and Environmental Science Department at Dhaka University (DU), joined his new workplace on Sunday.He was flown to Barisal from Dhaka around 11:45pm and joined a view exchange

DHAKA: Professor Dr M Wahiduzzaman of Dhaka University (DU) Education Administration Department has been appointed as Vice Chancellor (VC) of Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU).Education Ministry confirmed the media on Sunday.On Thursday, President Abdul Hamid signed in an

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the pass rate in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent results would have been better, if BNP-Jamaat alliance had not enforced hartal and blockade during exams.The premier was addressing the audiences at Gonobhaban after

DHAKA: Shamsul Hoque Khan School & College, Demra secured the top position in all education boards in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations this year.Among its 778 examinees passed, 740 of them obtained GPA-5, the highest grade of passing.Previous year’s top ranked Rajuk

DHAKA: The Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) part of the question papers in the Secondary School Certificate and Equivalent Examinations might be discarded from next year.At his ministry, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Saturday said it is an easier way to get 40 marks in the exam

DHAKA: The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations have been published Saturday morning with overall pass percentage of 87.04 per, which is 4.3 percent lower than that of last year. A total of 1,282,618 students passed this year

DHAKA: The results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations in 2015 are all set to be published on Saturday.The results under eight general education, vocational and madrasa boards are scheduled to be released on 1:30am on the day simultaneously.“Education