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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

Railway guard suspended for beating CU student

Bangladesh Railway on Sunday suspended a member of Railway Nirapotta Bahini on charge of beating a Chittagong University student at Bottoli station on Friday. The accused, Moshiur Rahman Musa, a Sipahi of RNB, allegedly broke the leg of the CU chemistry department student beating him severely as he

Results of preliminary test of teachers’ registration exam published

Results of the preliminary test of 15th teachers’ registration examination 2018 were published on Sunday while the pass rate stood at 20.53 per cent. Non-Government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority under the education ministry conducted the test on April 19 this year, said a pres

CuU student held under ICT act

A Cumilla University student was arrested under the Information and Communication Technology Act on Sunday in connection with a Facebook post where he reportedly made defamatory remark about the religion Islam and the prophet, confirmed Kotwali model police station sub-inspector Imam Hasan. Joy Dev

28 JUST students expelled for drug addiction

Jashore University of Science and Technology vice-chancellor professor Md Anwar Hossain said that a total of 28 students were expelled from the university for their involvement in drug addiction, ragging and anti-disciplinary activities in the last two years. Strict steps were taken against those w

PM reorganises cabinet

The prime minister in a move to reorganise her cabinet on Sunday changed the portfolios of two ministers and two state ministers. Minister for local government, rural development and cooperatives Md Tajul Islam has been given the portfolio of local government division while state minister for the m

Discontent over New BCL Committee: Hasina wants ouster of those with tainted image

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday gave instructions for probing the allegations against the “controversial” leaders in the newly formed BCL central committee, say party insiders. She gave the directives to BCL President Rezwanul Haque Chowdhury Shovon and AL Joint Ge

Professor Yusuf Ali takes charge as UGC chairman

Professor Yusuf Ali Molla, the senior-most official of Bangladesh University Grants Commission, has taken charge as its chairman. Prof Yusuf took the charge after Professor Abdul Mannan’s term as the chairman came to an end, according to a press release signed by Dr Shamsul Arefin, director of medi

Nusrat’s brother gets job in NRB Global bank

Mahmudul Hassan Noman, elder brother of burnt Feni Madrassah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, joined NRB Global Bank as a trainee officer (cash) on Monday. He was appointed on request of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, according to a press release issued by the bank’s communication and branding division i

82.20pc pass in SCC, equivalent exams

A new age file photo of jubilant boys of RAJUK Uttara Model School and College in Dhaka throw one of their fellows celebrating their results in SSC examination. The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations were published on Monday showing 82.20 per cent pass r

National University postpones tomorrow’s exams

The authorities of National University (NU) have postponed all the examinations scheduled for tomorrow citing “unavoidable circumstances.” A fresh schedule for the examinations will be announced later, according to a press release published in the website of the university today. Other exams will

Cyclone FANI claims 5 lives in Odisha

At least five persons were killed at various places across the state under the impact of severe cyclonic storm FANI that hit the Odisha coast near Puri at 8 AM today. As per sources a 70-year-old woman of Gupti Panchayat under Rajnagar block in Kendrapara district died while she was moving toward