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Nusrat Killing: One student confesses direct links

An Alim examinee of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa yesterday confessed to playing a direct role in the killing of his fellow student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. Abdur Rahim alias Sharif in his confessional statement said he and 11 others had earlier planned to kill Nusrat and decided who would do wha

HC issues injunction on recruitment of CU Zoology dept

The High Court today issued an injunction on the recruitment to the post of a lecturer at the Zoology department of Chittagong University (CU). The injunction will remain in force till disposal of an application filed by Md Amdadul Haque, an aspirant for the post, the HC said in its order. The cou

Zafar Wazed made PIB DG

The government has appointed senior journalist Zafar Wazed as the director general of the Press Institute of Bangladesh for two years. The ministry of public administration on Wednesday issued a gazette notification to this effect. Zafar Wazed was a member of Dhaka University Central Students’ Uni

Deplorable situation in terms of quality and teachers’ callousness

The second week of February 2019 witnessed my field visit as a part of my usual work that covered visiting several schools –both primary and secondary –along with some other assignments. The primary schools that I visited are run by BRAC Education that offers education in a different setting and sty

PM orders stern action against Feni girl killers

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the law enforcement agencies to bring the perpetrators to the book and take stern actions against the killers of Sonagazi Madrassah student. ‘The prime minister directed the law enforcement agencies to expose the culprits, who are involved in the killing of Fe

PBI to probe Feni madrassah girl incident

The case filed over setting a madrassah girl ablaze has been handed over to the Police Bureau of Investigation. Meanwhile, the officer-in-charge of Sonagazi police station Muazzem Hossain was withdrawn, according to a Police Headquarters message. The doctors conducted surgery on the girl keeping h

Female pry teachers now need to be graduates

Primary and mass education ministry has raised the minimum qualification from HSC-degree to graduation for the female candidates for assistant teacher and headmaster posts. Akram-Al-Hossain, primary and mass education secretary, yesterday said, “We have fixed graduation as the minimum qualification

Suprobhat Paribahan must pay Tk 10 lakh to Abrar’s family: SC

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that directed Suprobhat Paribahan to pay Tk 10 lakh to the family of Bangladesh University of Professional’s student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury who was killed in a road crash on March 18. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Just

Feni madrasa students can’t be taken to Singapore right now

The Feni madrasa student, who is battling for her life after she was set on fire three days ago, cannot be taken to Singapore as the five-hour plane journey might be very risky for her. Doctors of Singapore General Hospital informed the matter to doctors in the burn unit of DMCH during a video conf

Feni madrasa student on life support at DMCH

The Feni madrasa student who was set on fire on Saturday morning has been put on life support at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital this morning. She was put on life support around 12noon after her condition deteriorated further, said Dr Samanta Lal Sen, co-ordinator of the burn unit.

IU former exam controller dies

Mohammad Ali, a former controller of examinations of Islamic University in Kuhstia, passed away in Pabna on early Monday. He breathed his last at his residence at around 1:00am, IU incumbent acting controller of examinations Abul Kalam Azad Lavlu told New Age. Mohammad Ali was 68. He had been suff

Two RU students die after ‘taking excessive liquor’

Two students of Rajshahi University died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Sunday reportedly after taking excessive liquor. The deceased were Muhtasim Rafid Khan, a third year student of law department, and Turzo Roy, another third year student of economics department. [inside-ad] Proctor pr

Nur seeks action in 5 days - dainik shiksha

BCL ATTACK Nur seeks action in 5 days

The newly-elected Dhaka University Central Students’ Union vice-president Nurul Huq Hur on Wednesday issued a five-day ultimatum to the university authorities to take necessary actions against Bangladesh Chhatra League men, who had assaulted him and others. Nur issued this ultimatum from a protest

KAU to begin its academic activities today

Khulna Agriculture University is set to start its academic activities today. On the occasion, the university’s academic activities will be inaugurated at a function to be held at the deputy commissioner’s conference room in Khulna. Education minister Dipu Moni is scheduled to attend the function as

BU students continue demo demanding removal of VC

Barishal University students continued their agitation for the eighth consecutive day on Wednesday demanding removal of vice-chancellor SM Imamul Haque. Protesters held a rally in the morning on the campus and vowed to continue their agitation. They also wrote slogans with blood donated by the stu

Attack on DU student: Ducsu VP threatens tougher demo

Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) Vice-president Nurul Haque Nur on Wednesday threaten to launch a tougher movement if the university authorities do not take any action within four days against those who assaulted him and a resident student of Salimullah Muslim Hall. The VP gave the

Teacher indicted on child porn charges

The former Russell High School mathematics teacher arrested last week on child pornography charges was indicted Tuesday, according to Boyd County Commonwealth’s Attorney Rhonda Copley. Samuel Beason, 47, of Westwood faces six felony charges under the indictment, including one charge of unlawful use

Anti-ragging rally held at IU

The students of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia brought out an anti-ragging procession on the campus on Wednesday, demanding to stop ragging incidents on the campus. Over five hundred students under the banner of IU Conscious Students brought out the procession from in front of Applied Science a

2 students found dead at Farmgate residential hotel

Two students were found dead at a residential hotel in Dhaka’s Farmgate area this afternoon. The deceased were identified as Aminul Islam Sajal, 21, a student of Tejgaon College, and Mariam Akhter Jerin, 20, a student of a private university of Dhaka, said Mozaffar, assistant sub-inspector of Tejga