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Teacher suspended for setting question on 'Sefuda'

A teacher of Rajuk Uttara Model College has been suspended for setting questions on controversial Facebook personality Sefat Ullah alias Sefuda. Johinul Hasan was suspended after controversy flared up over the question paper for the pre-test examination of 10th grade, said Md Ziaul Haque, chairman

Primary education: Quality of learning must be the same for all

Soon after the publication of my article on the art of teaching and learning at The Daily Star on June 28, a reader shared her thoughts with me. She worked with students in many government and NGO-run primary schools as part of a Teach for Bangladesh fellowship programme. Based on her experience of

Do more research: MA Mannan

Planning Minister MA Mannan on Saturday asked the teachers and students of universities to conduct more research for sustainable development of the country.

UNESCO gives Dhaka one more year - dainik shiksha

STATUS OF SUNDERBANS UNESCO gives Dhaka one more year

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee on Thursday gave Bangladesh one more year to submit an updated report on the state of conservation of the Sunderbans to it to determine whether the world’s unique mangrove forest would be relegated to the list of World Heritage in Danger. According to the decision,

When an education budget has nothing to do with education policy

In October 11, 2018, the World Bank launched the Human Capital Index (HCI) which published a range of noteworthy information regarding Bangladesh’s future. HCI has been defined as “a calculation of the amount of capital (knowledge, skills and health) that a child born today can expect to attain by a

Call drops, slow internet to rise, BTRC official says

The government decided today to partially reduce bandwidth capacity of two leading private telecom operators of the country -- Grameenphone and Robi -- as the companies did not pay the due amount that was detected in audits. Thirty percent bandwidth capacity of Grameenphone and 15 that of Robi woul

350 DU students get scholarships

350 financially poor students of different departments under the Faculty of Business Studies of Dhaka University (DU) were awarded with scholarships on Thursday. DU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman distributed the scholarships in a programme at the conference room of Business Studies Facul

Madrasa teacher held for raping 12 students

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today arrested a madrasa teacher from Fatullah area of Narayanganj in connection with rape of at least 12 of his female students, Rab said. The arrestee Al Amin, 45, is founding director and principal of Baitul Huda Cadet Madrasa and also the imam of a local mosque, our

Jahangirnagar University: 60 injured in BCL infighting

At least 60 people including two teachers, two journalists and a policeman were injured in a factional clash of Bangladesh Chhatra League on Jahangirnagar Uni-versity campus yesterday. Mehedi Iqbal, assistant professor at the Department of Geography and Environ-ment, and Mohibur Rouf Shaibal, assis

Sexual assault on Nusrat: Case shifted to women repression tribunal

The case filed over the sexual assault on Feni Madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi has been transferred to Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal. Feni Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Jakir Hossain today passed the order after holding hearing on the charge sheet submitted against lone accused F

No rickshaw on three Dhaka routes

Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon on Wednesday said the movement of rickshaws on three major roads in the capital would be restricted from July 7. The three roads are Kuril to Saydabad via Rampura, Gabtoli to Azimpur via Asadgate and Science Laboratory intersection to Shahbagh. The

Jashore madrassah student recovers from injuries

Jashore madrassah student Md Shahin Morol, 15, who was critically injured in the attack on Friday morning and underwent surgery at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday, was recovering from injuries in the hospital on Tuesday. ‘Shahin’s life support was put off on Monday but he is still on oxyge

Benajir Ahmed elected NSU board of trustees chairman

Freedom fighter Benajir Ahmed was unanimously elected as chairman of the board of trustees of North South University on Sunday. He is one of the founders and a life member of NSU, said a press release. Benajir, a businessman, is managing director and CEO of Raymond Group of Industries as well as se

IU agrees to join unified admission test

The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia have agreed to join unified admission test to reduce hassles of the admission seekers and their guardians, IU registrar office officials said on Tuesday. The decision was made at 116th academic council meeting of the university with the university’s

JCD central council on July 15

The schedule for the election to form new committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed student organisation Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal was announced on Sunday afternoon. JCD election management committee convener Khairul Kabir Khokon announced that the election will be held on July 15. He came u

OC Moazzem wants division in jail

Former officer in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi police station, who is now in jail in connection with a case lodged for making and circulating videos of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, has pleaded for first class division status in prison. Moazzem’s counsel Faruk Ahammed filed the plea before Judge Mohammad As-Shams

2 schoolboys killed by bus

Two teenage students lost their lives under the wheels of a Dhaka-bound bus in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila yesterday. The two -- Ashikur Rahman, 15, and Al Amin, 16, students of grade-X at Dholigati Secondary School -- were returning home by bicycles after attending coaching classes around 11:45am

SUST team wins int’l apps contest, to visit NASA

A teachers-students squad of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology has recently won championship award of International Space Apps Challenge, a computer application development contest supported by NASA.The organisers have invited the team to visit the USA and NASA head office from July

IU ICE department gets new chairman

Associate professor Ashek Raihan Mahmud has been made chairman of the Information and Communication Engineering department of Islamic University in Kushtia. [inside-ad] He replaced associate professor Shariful Islam of the department, said SM Abdul Latif, acting registrar of the university, on Tues