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CCT denies bail plea of ex-Sonagazi OC Moazzem

Dhaka Cyber Crimes Tribunal denied the bail petition of former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi police station Moazzem Hossain after he was produced before the court on Monday afternoon. Moazzem Hossain was arrested on Sunday following an arrest warrant issued by a Dhaka court. Earlier, he was taken

IU publishes Fazil, Kamil exams' results

The results of Fazil second and third year final examinations of 2016 and Kamil third year final examination of 2017 under Islamic University in Kushtia have been published on Monday. IU vice-chancellor Professor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari published the results as the chief guest at his office at aro

Why this large gap between public and private universities?

The existence of private universities in Bangladesh today proves an established fact and a visual reality. There lies no room for doubt about it. However, debate lies in its running strategy, offering education, political consideration and its quality. In addition, a great difference lies between pu

Sonagazi ex-OC Moazzem arrested

Police on Sunday arrested former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi police station in Feni Moazzem Hossain in Dhaka on Sunday. Moazzem was held in a case filed over circulating a video on social media on Feni madrassah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who later died after being set on fire. On May 27, a Dhak

Bangladesh elected ECOSOC member

Bangladesh has been elected a member of the prestigious Economic and Social Council of the United Nations for the term 2020-2022 from the Asia-Pacific region by securing 181 votes out of 191. The election was held at the UN General Assembly Hall on Friday, said a press release of Permanent Mission

Chuadanga college girl found dead

A college student was found dead at her house in Hatkaluganj area of the district town on Thursday night. The deceased was Jhuma Khatun, 19, a Class XII student of Chuadanga Ideal Government Women College and daughter of Abdus Samad. Quoting locals, police said Jhuma along with her mother Julekha

Prof Shireen made acting VC of CU

Prof Shireen Akhter of Bengali language and literature department was appointed as acting vice chancellor (VC) of Chittagong University yesterday. In this regard, the education ministry issued a gazette notification yesterday, which said she will discharge the routine duty of the VC until the new V

Missing IU student found alive after 5 days

An Islamic University student was found alive on Thursday, five days after he had gone missing. The victim was identified as Abdullah Al-Mamun, 24, son of Siddique Mollah. He is a student of Al-Quran and Islamic studies department and hails from Satkhira. Mamun had gone missing from Jashore on Satu

President urges guardians not to put pressure on children for study

President M Abdul Hamid today urged the guardians not to put pressure on children over study or any other issue and let them flourish by creating a conducive environment. “Don’t push children into any ominous rivalry . . . Ill-competition hinders their normal growth,” he told the “Jatiya Shishu Pur

Question Leak, Admission Cheat: 87 DU students to be charged

Following an investigation for one and a half years, the police have finalised a charge sheet against 87 students of Dhaka University and 38 others over their alleged involvement in question leak and cheating their way into the university. The charge sheet will be submitted to court after the Eid-u

Family fumes over charge sheet as case shifted for trial - dainik shiksha

NUSRAT MURDER Family fumes over charge sheet as case shifted for trial

A Feni judicial magistrate court on Thursday transferred the case filed for burning to death madrassah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi to the Feni Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal for trial. Senior judicial magistrate Zakir Hossain passed the order and sent all the case documents to the t

Hasina given life-time DUCSU membership

Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina was given lifetime membership of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union. The proposal was passed in an executive meeting held on Thursday where DUCSU international affairs secretary Shahrima Tanjima Orni moved the motion. DUCSU ex officio pr

Chhatra League’s DU unit gets full committee

Bangladesh Chhatra League announced a full committee for its Dhaka University unit on Thursday, two months before the current one expires. Altogether, 251 people have been included in the new committee. Among them, 51 are vice-presidents, 11 joint general secretaries, 11 organising secretaries, 30

BCL to remove 19 controversial leaders from central committee

Bangladesh Chhatra League has decided to remove 19 members from its central committee. BCL central committee general secretary Golam Rabbani said that they decided to remove some leaders, who were accused in cases, involved in drug abuse, over-aged, and connected with anti-organisational activities

OC taped Nusrat, then passed it on

A team of Police Bureau of Investigation found involvement of Moazzem Hossain, suspended officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station, in recording the interrogation of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and sharing the footage with another person. PBI chief Banaj Kumar Majumder shared the findings

Shutdown for six months

Annual holidays and other closures eat up more than half the academic year at many secondary schools and madrasas, one of the reasons why students have to turn to private tutors.

28 held over ‘question paper leak’ in Satkhira

The law enforcers claimed to have detained 28 people from Kalaroa upazila in Satkhira this morning for their alleged involvement in leaking question papers of recruitment tests. Eighteen of them are students and eight are their guardians and two are members of a fraud gang, said Lt Mahmudur Rahman,

Death of Rajib: HC order on compensation tomorrow

The High Court will deliver its verdict tomorrow on the rule over compensating Tk 1 crore to the family of Rajib Hossain, who died after losing his hand that got stuck between two buses in the capital last year. The HC bench of Justice JBM Hasan and Justice Md Khairul Alam set the date for passing

Suspended BCL female leader attempts suicide

A female leader of the Awami League-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League, who failed to be on the newly announced central committee of the student body and was later suspended from the organisation, attempted to commit suicide on early Tuesday by taking sleeping pills. Zarin Diya, former member of the