The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) will remain closed until March 31 as per the government’s decision aiming to prevent spread of corona virus. The authorities of the country’s highest institution for engineering education also instructed the students to go to their own houses to remain alert about the lethal virus. All resident students have also been asked to vacate their respective dormitories by 5pm on March 18, said a ...details

Two students of Rajshahi University have been sent to jail reportedly for raping a girl in Rajshahi. The arrestees are Md Zahid Hasan Shovon, 26, a student of Public Administration of RU, and Tarun, 25, a student of Social Science of RU. They were arrested from Shahmukhdum Hall of RU on March 11. According to the case statement, the victim used to take tuition from Zahid Hasan. On February 15, after ...details

The students, who postponed their quota reform demonstration yesterday, today decided to wage movement afresh at all universities and colleges across the country until their demand is met. The demonstration will be continued from 10:00am to 7:00pm everyday from tomorrow for the sake of safety of the female students, said Moshiur Rahman, a joint convener of Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Forum. "We won’t stay aside from the movement until Prime Minister ...details

When we entered the new campus of United International University (UIU), the cavernous layer which is usually buzzing with students was quiet during the lazy Thursday afternoon. But the laziness in the atmosphere faded once we entered the room full of college students laboriously working on their computers and designing their robots for the first ever robotics competition for college students in Bangladesh. We visited the new campus near ...details

The government has decided to keep coaching centres across the country closed from Thursday, apparently to prevent the leakage of question papers during the upcoming Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations beginning on April 2. Secondary and Higher Education Division Secretary Sohrab Hossain came up with the decision while talking to journalist on Tuesday, reports UNB. The coaching centres will remain shut until the examinations end, he said, adding that ...details

The government will decide question sets of the upcoming Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations 30 minutes before the tests in a bid to prevent question paper leak. "Education board will decide the question sets 30-minute prior to the exams through lottery," Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid came up with the announcement at press conference after emerging from a meeting at the ministry office today. The education minister held the ...details

The result of the 37th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) final examinations will be published in April. “We will publish the final results of the 37th BCS in April. We have tried to publish the result in less timeframe,” Chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) Dr Muhammed Sadique told Bangla daily Prothom Alo. The final results are going to be published two years after the gazette notification was published. The written test of ...details

An online quiz competition, based on the history of Liberation War in Bangladesh, has been launched in a bid to spread the spirit of the War of Liberation among school students across the country. Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza inaugurated the competition title ‘quiz71’ at a ceremony at Liberation War Museum in Dhaka’s Agargaon area today. Students from class VI to XII will take part in the contest after completing their ...details

Abu Zafar Surza has been elected as the president of Dhaka Union of Journalists(DUJ). He bagged 712 votes from the Abu Zafar Surza-Sazzad Alam Khan Topu panel. On the other hand, Sohel Haider Chowdhury has been elected as the general secretary. He got 549 votes from the Quddus Afrad-Sohel Haider Chowdhry panel. The DUJ election was held in a peaceful atmosphere at the National Press Club in the city ...details

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