The cabinet today gave the final approval to the draft of “The Accreditation Council Law, 2016” aiming to ensure quality of higher education, particularly the university education, in Bangladesh. The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. After the meeting, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam briefed reporters. He said the approval of the draft law was giv...

United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) signed an agreement with IBAIS University (International Business Administration and Information System University), Dhanmondi on 18 August 2016 evening at the Board Room of UCB, Dhaka. Managing Director of UCB Mr. Muhammed Ali and Vice Chancellor (Designate) of IBAIS University, Dhanmondi Prof. Dr. Engr. Md. Humaun Kabir signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations. Mr. Showkat Aziz Russell, Chairman Board of Trustees of IBAIS University, Dhanmondi & at ...

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) awarded special scholarship to 400 underprivileged meritorious students on the occasion of its 33^rd founding anniversary. Professor Abdul Mannan, Chairman, Bangladesh University Grants Commission distributed scholarship and academic materials at a program on August 12, 2016 Friday at BIAM auditorium, Dhaka as chief guest. Presided over by Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman of the bank Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director & CEO of the Bank addressed welcome speech. M. Azizu...

Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman on Tuesday said there will be no Primary Education School Certificate (PESC) examination for the Class V students from this year. The minister came up with the disclosure while talking to reporters at the Secretariat. He said there will be no public examination at the end of Class V from this year and a draft will be placed before the Cabinet very soon for its approval. The government has recently decided to elevate primary cycle to class VI...

The British Council Bangladesh is going to organise a UK Education Open Day on 4 June 2016 at the British Council, 5 Fuller Road, Dhaka. Thirteen education agencies trained by the British Council will participate in the event to provide information to visitors on more than 100 higher education institutions in the UK. In addition to obtaining information on higher education in the UK, students visiting the event will be able to get their academic documents checked on the spot by the trained agents at the event. The participati...

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid today called for evaluating extracurricular activities in educational institution alongside the national curriculum ones of the students in getting government grants. "The government has also taken steps to evaluate the extracurricular activities including sports and cultural issues of students before sanctioning the government's grants for the particular educational institutions," he told an annual sports and cultural competition of IPH School and College at Mohakhali here, reports BSS....