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IUBAT teacher growing sweet grapes on campus

International University of Business Agriculture and Technology agricultural science Professor Mohammed Ataur Rahman claims that he is growing black grapes on the university campus at Uttara in Dhaka under a successful experiment. The professor told News Age that he had been trying to grow black gr

DU’s home eco admission test registration ends Nov 13

Online registration for Dhaka University’s home economics unit admission tests for the academic session of 2018-2019 will end on November 13. Students seeking enrolment at Home Economics College had been asked to register online by November 13, said a DU press release issued on Saturday. The one-ho

Students address diverse issues thru photographs

Students of different government and private universities have brought contemporary issues to the fore at a three-day inter-university photography exhibition under way at National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Students have depicted issues like students’ movement for road safety, na

5pc increment for non-govt edu teachers, employees announced

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday announced ‘Boishakhi Festival’ allowance and 5 percent increment for teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions, who are now under monthly pay order (MPO). She made the announcement while distributing cheques of seed money among nine o

bKash organizes AML&CFT training

addressing in a training program on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism (AML&CFT) organized by mobile financial service provider bKash Limited for its agents and distributors of Chapainawabganj district recently.

Two held for leaking JSC question papers

The Detective Branch of police on Monday detained two youths for their alleged involvement in leaking of question papers for Junior School Certificate examination in Jashore. The detainees, picked up from Taherpur upazila, were identified as Hadiuzzaman, 38, and Krishna Mitra, 25, from Monirampur

Cattle market on school ground

A cattle market has been sitting every Sunday on the ground of a high school in Ghatail upazila for the last three decades, hampering classes and sports activities of the institution and creating health hazards due to cow dung and foul smell. Around 700 students of Hasan Ali Public High School at K

School offers more than education

Children at Sirajganj's Kagmari char are now free from the hassle of making risky journeys to school on boats. They thank O Aa Ka Kha School, the brainchild of Sirajganj resident Dr Nazmul Islam, for that. The school not only saves the little learners' time but also provides them with education mate

Students kidnapped from Cameroon School

Numerous students were kidnapped from a boarding school early Monday in a part of Cameroon where separatists are waging a violent battle to break away and form their own country. The students were kidnapped either late Sunday or early Monday from a Presbyterian boarding school in Nkwen, a small vill

ACC raids school charging extra for SSC exam registration

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday conducted a drive in a school in Hazaribagh of Dhaka for charging extra money for the registration of Secondary School Certificate examination. The sudden drive was conducted at Saleha High School and College on receiving allegations that the school was char

IU ANFT dept gets new chairman

Professor Abul Kashem Talukdar has been made the new chairman of Applied Nutrition and Food Technology department of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia. IU Vice-chancellor Professor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari approved his appointment for the next three years, IU acting Registrar SM Abdul Latif told U

District administration extends support for Sohag’s admission

Rajshahi district administration has extended financial support towards university admission of a poor but meritorious student in the district today. Sohag Alam, son of extreme poor and day-labourer Akram Ali of Bebottor Binodpur village under Pakuria Union Parishad in Bagha Upazila of Rajshahi dis

Madrasa student electrocuted at Suhrawardy Udyan

A madrasa student died from electrocution during a rally of ulamas at the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan yesterday. Saiful Islam, 22, hailing from Brahmanbaria, was declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost. He came in contact with an electric

Do not believe propaganda: Hasina to Qawmi students

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Qawmi madrasa teachers and students to ignore propaganda spread on social media. She also asked for their prayers ahead of the upcoming elections at the thanksgiving rally organised at Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on Sunday to commemorate the government’s recogniti

Sunday’s JSC-JDC examinations postponed to Friday

The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations slated for tomorrow have been shifted to November 9 due to unavoidable circumstances. “The scheduled exams of JSC, JDC and final exams of class nine (vocational and Dakhil vocational) under Technical Education Boar

Hacked Facebook Private messages for sale

Hackers appear to have compromised and published private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook users' accounts. The perpetrators told the BBC Russian Service that they had details from a total of 120 million accounts, which they were attempting to sell, although there are reasons to be sceptical a

NU improves quality higher education: VC

Vice-chancellor of National University (NU) Prof Harun-Ar-Rashid said NU has put maximum efforts towards quality improvement in higher education for boosting the sector with skilled human resources. To this end, preference was given on formulation of standard course- curriculum, bringing all the co

DU terminates 3 teachers for irregularities

The Dhaka University authorities on Wednesday terminated three teachers on charge of irregularities. The decision was taken at the syndicate meeting on Wednesday with Vice-chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman in the chair, said Prof DASM Maksud Kamal, president of Dhaka University Teachers Association a

More girl examinees than boys in JSC, JDC exams

The number of girl examinees in this year’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations is higher than the boy examinees , said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Thursday. The number of female JSC, JDC examinees this year is 2,22,869 lakh more than the ma