Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday urged the madrasa teachers to play their due role to ensure quality education in madrasas, reports UNB. He came up with the call while addressing a function on the temporary campus of Islamic Arabic University in the capital. Speaking as the chief guest,…

Pregnant Rohingya women are in high risk of hepatitis C as eight percent women are infected with the hepatitis C virus, Prof. Mohammad Ali, Secretary General National Liver Foundation of Bangladesh, told BSS yesterday. "National Liver Foundation of Bangladesh conducted free hepatitis B and C screening…

As the first step for the implementation of a master plan, a two-day session of Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (APIS) of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will begin in Dhaka on November 1, reports BSS. The steering committee session, expected to be attended by…

Technical and vocational students should be enriched with power of skill and innovation for making themselves a competent workforce to meet the gradually mounting demands of the modern era, reports BSS. This view was expressed at a function by a host of speakers who urged all the technical students…

The Dhaka School of Economics (DScE), a constituent institute of the University of Dhaka, is offering a one-year postgraduate diploma on enterprise development (PGDED) to foster development of entrepreneurial skills and facilitate employment generation, reports UNB. The DScE has already announced an…

Police arrested a 'leader of Chittagong University unit Bangladesh Chhatra League' (BCL) on charge of fraudulence in the ongoing admission test of the university from city's Boro Garage area on Thursday, reports UNB. Police identified the arrestee as Ishtiaque Ahmed Sourav, vice-secretary…

All the 65,000 government primary schools will be brought under multimedia classrooms' facility to promote ICT-based education among early graders to make their study easily understandable, interesting and attractive, an official said, reports BSS. “We are working on bringing all government…

A team of Titas gas authorities disconnected more than 500 illegal gas lines of different residential houses in Hotapara, Bhobanipur and Baniarchala areas of Gazipur on Thursday. Titas gas with the help of district administration disconnected those lines.  The authorities also fined Tk 45,000 to…

Bangladesh Police will observe Community Policing Day today for the first time in all units across the country, reports BSS. Marking the day, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has drawn up elaborate  programmes including procession, discussion and voluntary blood donation campaign. The programme…

Chittagong Education Board (CEB) has completed all out preparations to conduct the Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC) examination beginning from November 1 in a free, fair and peaceful manner, reports BSS. Over 1,83,600 students will sit for JSC under CEB through 204 examination centres this year. On…

The executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) examination test of Dhaka University (DU) under Institute of Business Administration (IBA) was held yesterday, reports BSS. The one hour and fifteen minutes test was held from 10 am to 11:15 am at center of IBA Institutes on the campus, Director…

RAJSHAHI: A Laparoscopic operation theater was launched in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital formally today for welfare of the patients concerned, reports BSS. From now on, various types of surgical and diagnostic operations like removal of women infertility…

Silver jubilee celebrated at BOU The Silver jubilee  was celebrated with various programmes at Bangladesh Open University in Gazipur on Thursday. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid spoke as the chief guest and participated in the rally. Later he addressed a discussion held at the conference room…