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Since when does adding 2 and 2 together, or subtracting 5 from 10 ¬– and getting the answers wrong – become a punishable crime? Or for not remembering Bangabandhu facts or the lines of a Rabindranath Tagore poem? All are trivial and insignificant in the grand scheme of things and certainly does not warrant being beaten, damaged physically, mentally (or ... Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 1 – Rushad Faridi, an assistant professor of the Economics Department of Dhaka University (DU) who was sent into forced retirement in 2017, held a class in the corridor of the Social Sciences building on Sunday protesting the authorities’ refusal to reinstate him. Read More »

Mymensingh, Dec 1 – For the first time, seven agricultural degree offering universities’ cluster system admission test in 2019-20 academic year was held on Saturday morning. Read More »

CHITTAGONG, DECEMBER 01, 2019 – Locally-made weapons were recovered from four residential halls on Saturday night after a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Chittagong University. Read More »

Dhaka, Nov 28 – Agricultural University admission test of 2019-20 academic year will be held on 30 November for enrollment in seven public universities to reduce the hassle for admission candidates. This year Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) leading this cluster system. All necessary preparation has been completed to organize the admission test for the first time in the country. Read More »

Dhaka, Nov 28 – A teacher of Dhaka University’s Economics Department staged a sit-in on Thursday in front of the department chairman’s room demanding the authorities concerned to allow him to go back to the classroom. Read More »

17 others face suspension for different terms Dhaka, Nov 28 – Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) authorities have taken punitive actions against 26 students for their involvement in ragging in two dormitories. Of them, nine were expelled from two residential halls and suspended from academic activities for different terms while 17 others were suspended from the halls for ... Read More »

Chittagong, Nov 24 – Police have arrested a teacher in Sitakunda Upazila for allegedly raping a schoolgirl. The arrestee is Mohammad Tareque, a teacher of Sitakunda Girls’ High School and son of Zahir Ahmed of Muradpur union in the Upazila. Read More »

Dhaka, Nov 22- A college student died while collecting an admit card from his college for the terminal examination on Thursday. Read More »

Dhaka, Nov 22 – Authorities of Bangladesh University of Science and Technology (Buet) have expelled 26 of its students, mostly leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), over the killing of Abrar Fahad. Read More »

Dhaka – The number of students from Bangladesh studying in the United States increased to 8,249 during the most recent academic year – 2018/2019, according to the 2019 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. This is an all-time high for Bangladesh, reflecting a 10 percent increase over the 2018 report and more than tripling since 2009, said the US ... Read More »

Khulna Correspondent Classes of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) resume on November 17 after a 15-day shut down, said a KUET press release last night. Read More »

Good education, undoubtedly, is the best investment any government can make. This is the noblest gift it can give to its people. It never falters or fails; it produces dividends for eternity and benefits all Read More »

The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) arrested five people from the campus on Tuesday for cheating in the admission process. Read More »

Mymensingh, Nov 11 – Students of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) staged a demonstration in front of Vice-chancellor’s residence pressing nine demands including increase of the number of ambulance, upgrading the health care center service, resigning dean of veterinary science faculty. Read More »

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government will stop providing funds to public universities if their teachers do not stop provocative activities to take their students toa wrong path in the name of movement. Read More »

Mymensingh, Nov 7 – An-eight day-long annual training programme titled ‘Training on Agriculture in the Changing Climate’ of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) campus reporters of various national dailies and online newspapers was inaugurated at Interdisciplinary Institute for Food Security (IIFS) conference room on Friday morning. Read More »

The admission test for first year BBA courses under 2019-20 academic session at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University (DU) was held on Friday. Read More »

The protesting students and teachers of Jahangirnagar University on Thursday continued their demonstrations on the campus defying ban as they pushed for the VC’s removal. Read More »

Coming down heavily on those engaged in the ongoing movements against the vice chancellors of several universities, including Jahangirnagar University, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said they will have to face punishment if they fail to prove their allegations. Read More »

A madrasa student, who was injured after being beaten by his teacher, died at the Sadar hospital on Wednesday evening. Read More »

Dhaka-Defying authorities’ directives to leave the campus following the shutdown of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for an indefinite period, teachers and students continued their demonstrations on Tuesday, demanding the removal of its VC Prof Dr Farzana Islam on corruption charges. The demonstrating students also vowed not to vacate their dormitories. Under the banner of ‘Jahangirnagar Against Corruption’, the teachers and students ... Read More »

Authorities on Tuesday closed Jahangirnagar University (JU) for an indefinite period following a clash between protesting students and ‘VC-backed teachers and Chhatra League men’. Read More »

Jahangirnagar University (Savar), Nov 4 (UNB) – Protesting teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) laid a siege to the residence of their Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Farzana Islam on Monday evening demanding her removal on corruption charges. Read More »

Panchagarh, Nov 4 – Wife of an Awami League leader slapped a teacher and beat him with a shoe on Monday for not extending the time to her JSC examinee daughter after the end of the examination. Read More »

Police here early Monday arrested four more students of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute from different parts of the city over throwing their principal into a pond on the campus. Read More »

Acting Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University (DU) Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman has been appointed Vice Chancellor of the university for the next four years on Sunday. Read More »

A case has been filed against 50 people over throwing the principal of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute into a pond on the campus by a group of ‘Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists’. Read More »

Rajshahi, Nov 2 – A group of ‘Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists’ of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute unit threw their principal into a pond on the campus on Saturday for his refusal to allow two students to fill up forms for examination for inadequate class attendance. Read More »

Students have been ordered to vacate halls Dhaka, Nov 02 – The Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) was shut down for an indefinite period on Saturday after a clash between two groups of students over a football match. Read More »