The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination scheduled for Thursday (July 18) has been postponed due to ongoing quota movement.
The exams will continue as usual on July 21, said Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar on Tuesday (July 16).
On June 30, this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations began across the country.
The total number of nine general education boards, madrasa and technical boards is 14, 50,790 this year.
Of them, 7, 50,281 are male examinees and 7,00,509 are female students.
Meanwhile, the education ministry has announced that all secondary and higher secondary educational institutions as well as the polytechnic institutes will remain closed until further notice,.
Police and students clashed violently at the Dhaka University campus and Barishal on Wednesday, as demands for reform of the government job quota system intensified. In Dhaka, the conflict erupted at approximately 4:15 PM in front of Ruqayyah Hall and in Barishal clash erupted in front of Hatem Ali College and in the Natullabad Bus Terminal area.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to deliver a speech to the nation this evening, Wednesday, July 17th, at 7:30 PM. The Prime Minister's Office has confirmed this schedule.
AKM Shakhawat Mun, the Deputy Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, informed the media about this planned address. In light of the recent movements demanding quota reforms, it is expected that the Prime Minister will discuss the overall situation of the country in her speech.
The address will be broadcast live on Bangladesh Television and other national broadcast media outlets.
DU Correspondent:
Provosts of 11 out of 19 halls at Dhaka University have signed letters of commitment to ban student politics. This action follows a heightened movement by students advocating for quota reform.
The signatures were collected by students after a late-night initiative to remove leaders of the Chhatra League from the residential halls began on Wednesday. In the wake of this move, the rooms of several Chhatra League leaders were vandalized.
The residential halls that have implemented the ban on student politics include Dr Muhammad Shahidullah Hall, Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall, Amar Ekushey Hall, Ruqayyah Hall, Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall, Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall, Shahid Sergeant Zahurul Huq Hall, Shamsun Nahar Hall, Bangamata Sheikh F...
BSS:
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said all should pay highest respect to all the freedom fighters (FF) so they can feel proud being freedom fighters, highlighting the supreme sacrifice of the freedom fighters in achieving country's independence.
"We have to show the highest honour to the freedom fighters," she said while handing over Prime Minister's Fellowship (PMF)-2024 at a programme at her office here.
The prime minister said all have to keep in mind that the freedom fighters had brought the country's independence by shedding bloods during the great Liberation War in 1971 at the directive of the F...
Staff Reporter:
Members of the Gono Odhikar Parishad have staged a Ghaibana Janaza (absentia funeral prayer) in a tense standoff at Paltan while facing heavy police presence and tear gas amid ongoing quota movement.
Witnesses reported a large number of participants who remained resolute despite the aggressive police tactics.
They vowed to continue their struggle and announced plans for future demonstrations, calling for broader public support to challenge what they describe as oppressive state measures.
