DHAKA: The ‘10 Minute School’, supported by telecom operator, has won the Swiss Embassy Award for Social Impact at Seedstar Dhaka. Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, ICT state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Switzerland embassy in Bangladesh head of political, economic and

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Some 13.55 percent candidates of ‘Ka’ unit of Dhaka University (DU) 1st year honors for 2016-17 session have cleared the admission test. DU VC professor AAMS Arefin Siddique officially published the results at university central admission office around 6:00pm

DHAKA: Over 24-lakh students will participate in Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations scheduled to be held on November 1. Education minister Nurul Nahid said the examinations will be held as per schedule and there is no doubt about it. He

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: A two-day international conference on climate change will kick-off at Nowab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University (DU) on Saturday (October 22). DU anthropology department issued a press release in this regards on Friday (October 21). As many as 400

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Dhaka University (DU) authority on Friday (October 21) detained seven applicants on charge of swindling in the “Ka Unit” admission test examination for the educational session 2016-17. The applicants were held for using electronic devices illegally during the

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The admission test for first year honors under ‘Ka’ unit of Dhaka University (DU) for 2016-17 session will be held on Friday morning (October 21). DU Public Relations Office issued a press release in this regard on Thursday (October 20) adding that the examination

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: Jahangirnagar University (JU) Economics Department Professor M Shawkat Ali has been continuing two permanent jobs allegedly by hiding information. He has also been serving as an associate professor and head of the Department of Economics at American

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY: The 10th convocation of Rajshahi University (RU) is scheduled to be held on December 24. RU vice-chancellor professor Muhammad Mizanuddin confirmed the matter to Banglanews on Saturday afternoon (October 15). Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid will chair the

DHAKA: A total of 29,183 candidates have passed in the MBBS admission test for the session 2016-17. The pass rate of the result is 34.30 percent. The admission process will be started from October 20 and continue till October 31. Health service director general professor Dr Abul

DHAKA: The admission test result of MBBS session 2016-17 has been published on Monday (October 10). Health ministry public relations officer (PRO) Parikshit Chowdhury confirmed the matter to Banglanews in the evening. Details are available at the Health Directorate website

DHAKA: Themed ‘You Speak, We Listen’, the Customer Service Week organized by the British Council commenced Monday (October 3) at the British Council office at Fuller Road, Dhaka. The four-day celebration is slated to continue till October 6, said a press release. Customer

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Several errors had been found in the question paper of Ga Unit admission test for honors 1st year of 2016-17 session in Dhaka University (DU). One of the sets contained 99 questions instead of 100. Even serial numbers of questions were found wrong in other sets. DU

DHAKA: The preliminary examination of 37th BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service) was held on Friday morning (September 30). As many as 243,476 candidates appeared in the examination at the centers in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Rangpur, Sylhet and Khulna cities at a time. BDT:

DHAKA: The preliminary examination of BCS 37th batch for government cadre and non-cadre posts will be held on Friday morning (September 30). As many as 243,476 candidates will attain in the examination at the centers in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Rangpur, Sylhet and Khulna

DHAKA: The newly appointed vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) Professor Dr. Kamal Uddin Ahamed on an invitation went to visit the Kagawa University in Japan on September 20. There he held a meeting with the dean of the Faculty of Agriculture of Kagawa

DHAKA: The online education platform Robi 10-Minute School is generating a lot of interest and enthusiasm among the students across the country. More than 19,809 students have already enrolled in this platform. The online portal contains 738 educational video contents contributed by 48

DHAKA: The British Council offices in Bangladesh will reopen on Monday (26 September). All public-facing operations and services will resume across the country. After the temporary closure to carry out necessary renovation works, The British Council is now ready to welcome everyone

DHAKA: Dhaka University ‘Cha’ unit admission test (general knowledge) for 1st year honors of 2016-17 session will be held on Saturday (September 24). The admission will begin at 10:00am and continue till 11:00pm at 123 centers of university campus. DU Public Relations Department

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The admission test of Dhaka University Arts Faculty’s ‘Kha’ unit of 2016-17 session will be held on Friday (September 23). The examination will begin at 10:00am and continue till 11:00am at 73 centers inside and outside of university campus. The examination

JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY: The admission test for honors first year of 2016-17 session of Jagannath University (JnU) will be held on Friday (September 23). The test will begin at 3:00 pm and continue till 4:00 pm where 35,225 applicants will sit for the exam in 15 centers. There are 670