ABG Foundation comes to the aid of families of four ailing and deceased journalists
It is from a humanitarian outlook that the Anvir Bashundhara Group (ABG) Foundation has come forward to support media workers and their families.
Fateha-i-Yazdaham holiday at PTIs brought forward to 23 September
The Diploma in Primary Education (DPEd) Board, Mymensingh, under the National Academy for Primary Education (NAPE), has changed the date of the holiday on the occasion of Fateha-i-Yazdaham. The holiday will be observed at the country’s PTIs on 23…
Home minister hopes for quick completion of Apratim murder trial
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has expressed the hope that, like the trial of the Ramisa murder, it will be possible to complete the trial of the Apratim killing within a short time as well. He said, ‘The court will hold the trial. We will…
Body of CoU teacher’s son found in jungle a day after going missing
Police have recovered the body of 13-year-old Apratim, the only child of the couple Dr Nahida Begum, associate professor of the Bangla department of Cumilla University, and KM Firoz Shahriar. He had gone missing after going out with his mother’s…
Children of poor families still not getting equal opportunity in education: Dr Nazneen Ahmed
Although access to education has increased, children of poor families are still not getting equal opportunities, Dr Nazneen Ahmed, executive director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), has remarked. She said there is no gain in merely increasing…
Retired DU zoology professor Dr Noorjahan Sarker passes away
Dr Noorjahan Sarker, a retired professor of the Department of Zoology at Dhaka University, is no more. She passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital at 10:30am on Thursday (Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un). She was 78…
Admission tests at 20 GST cluster universities begin 19 March
The dates of the admission tests for the universities under the General, Science and Technology (GST) cluster for the 2026-27 academic year have been announced. This time, admission tests will be held at 20 universities in the cluster. However, two to…