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Decision on SSC-HSC exams this week
Staff Correspondent: Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni has said a decision regarding SSC and HSC examinations would be taken soon.The minister will hold a press conference on the issue soon. Mohammad Abul Khair, public relations officer of the education ministry, confirmed the information yesterday.He said the decision on SSC and…
Read More »BD students to get priority in returning to China: Hualong
Staff Correspondent: Bangladeshis will get priority while international students are allowed to return to their educational institutions in China when the Covid-19 situation improves, Deputy Chief of Mission at Chinese Embassy in Dhaka Hualong Yan said yesterday.He also said the Bangladeshi students at Chinese educational institutions will get priority in…
Read More »DU turns 100-yrs The life and times of a premier institution
Staff Correspondent: Once dubbed, rather erroneously, as the ‘Oxford of the East’ – Dhaka University completes a century as the country’s premier institute of higher education, with a proud and diverse history that many say it is failing to live up to, or even honour today. Dire allegations of academic…
Read More »Bangladesh varsities nowhere in World quality ranking
Industry Desk: No university of Bangladesh – neither public nor private — has found any place at the top level of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University ranking of 2022.The positions of Dhaka University (DU) and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) remained unchanged at 801-1000, a very abysmal show…
Read More »Dozens of state prosecutors tell Facebook to stop its plans for a children’s version of Instagram
Attorneys general for 44 states and jurisdictions called on Facebook to halt plans to create a version of Instagram for young children, citing concerns over mental and emotional well-being, exposure to online predators and cyberbullying. In a letter on Monday to Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, the prosecutors warned that…
Read More »UGC mulls online exams for public universities
The University Grants Commission is considering allowing public universities to hold exams online keeping in mind that it would benefit students and also reduce session jams. Vice chancellors of all public universities will sit in a meeting with the UGC on Thursday to discuss the process of holding online exams.…
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