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

DHAKA: Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque assured guardians of giving overall security to the students of School Secondary Certificate (SSC) examinations.The police chief came up with the assurance on Saturday as the SSC and equivalent examinations are all set to

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