DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said school or college authorities will not be allowed to go on picnic in other districts without authorization of district commissioner or education officer. He made the remarks on Monday noon (January 30) while visiting injured school

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday (January 29) categorically said she considers the allocation of national budget in education sector as investment rather than expense. The premier made the remarks while addressing the inaugural program of the “National Primary

DHAKA: A two-day 19th annual Education UK Exhibition commenced on Thursday (January 26) at the British Council’s Dhaka University Campus office at city’s Fuller Road. A total of 21 globally renowned British Universities have participated in the biggest UK education exhibition in

DHAKA: Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organized its Spring 2017 Semester’s orientation program for newly admitted undergraduate students at its campus in Bashundhara, Dhaka Saturday (January 14). Welcoming the newly enrolled students and the parents, vice chancellor Prof. M

DHAKA: The closing ceremony of four-day long “Gobeshona International Annual Conference for Research on Climate Change in Bangladesh” held on Wednesday (January 11) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Auditorium in city’s Bashundhara. Environment and Forests minister

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