Tag Archives: Students

MNA Career & Education Desk: Medical students have continued their protest against a government proposal to extend the existing year-long internship programme for MBBS graduates to two years. The students of Dhaka Medical College Hospital staged a rally on the campus and in front of the central Shaheed Minar on Sunday demanding the withdrawal of the proposal, reports bdnews24.com. They also submitted a memorandum to the acting vice-principal of the college and the director of the hospital, Robin Haque, a student of DMCH, said. The students of Sir Salimullah Medical College, who demonstrated on the streets on Saturday, resumed their ...

MNA Career & Education Desk: As many as 73.93 per cent students passed this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations. Last year, the pass rate was 66.64 per cent. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina officially unveiled the results on Wednesday morning, which will be published in full at a press briefing at the Education Ministry around noon. A total of 9,88,172 candidates among 13,36,629 students cleared the tests. This year, 47,286 students achieved GPA 5. The overall pass rate of the eight general education board is 71.85 per cent. For the madrasa board, the rate is 88.56 per cent. ...

MNA Career & Education Desk: Fresh graduates looking for the ‘six digit salary’ dream job which will also ensure social status and the employers looking for the competent one having the balanced mixture of theoretical and practical knowledge to undertake professional challenges but rarely getting one — these two are the real but unfortunate contrasting images of our job market. The outcome is never-ending frustration from both sides. Aspirants are thinking about the requirements of the employers to be over- demanding, and the employers are finding the applicants to be under-qualified. However, there must be an intersection where the expectations ...

MNA Career & Education Desk: The government on Monday published the first list of about 1.32 million students qualified for college admission in the academic session of 2019-2020. Prof Ziaul Haque, Chairman of Dhaka Education Board, said the merit list is now available on the website (www.xiclassadmission.gov.bd), report bdnews24.com and UNB. A total of 1,318,866 applicants have been named in the first list, said Dhaka Board College Inspector Prof Md Harun-Ar-Rashid. The qualified students will have to confirm their acceptance through texts to the selected colleges by June 18. They were instructed to be admitted to the colleges between Jun ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Bangladesh should cease the expulsions of Rohingya refugee students from schools and ensure that all children are able to receive a formal education, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement on Tuesday. It came up with the call, alleging that scores of Rohingya refugee children lacking Bangladeshi citizenship were dismissed from schools since late January 2019. The expulsions were made from the secondary schools near the refugee settlements in Cox’s Bazar as per “a government notice”, according to the US-based rights body. “The Bangladeshi government’s policy of tracking down and expelling Rohingya refugee students instead of ...

MNA Career & Education Desk: Bangladeshi students can explore the ample opportunities to study abroad as many universities offer world-class degrees. But most the students cannot avail the scope due to lack of enough information. They can be successful if they apply following proper guidance. The observation was made at a discussion held at The Daily Star Center in the city on Friday. The programme also comprised a Question-Answer session. Journalists from both print and online media attended the programme. Lee Wildman, head of International Student Recruitment Department of Queen Mary University of London, and Emma Winter, manager of South ...

MNA Career  & Education Desk: The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations-2019 began on Saturday morning. The examinations started around 10am at 10 education boards that will continue till February 26 while the practical examination will be held from February 27 to March 5. A total of 21,35,333 students from 28,682 educational institutions is expected to sit for the exams. Of them, 10,70,441 students are male and 10,64,892 female. Education minister Dipu Moni visited Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Government Primary School this morning. During her visit she said, “Detectives have keep close watch with the law enforcement agencies to ...

MNA Career & Edication Desk: A total of 37 students of various departments under the science faculty of Dhaka University (DU) have been given ‘Dean’s Award’ for their outstanding academic results in Bachelor of Science (BSc) examination of 2015, 2016 and 2017. Besides, five teachers of the faculty have received the award for their extra-ordinary contributions to original research and writing books. DU vice chancellor professor Md Akhtaruzzaman distributed medals and certificates among the recipients of the award as chief guest at a function held Wednesday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of the university. Teachers who received Dean’s ...

MNA Feature Desk: During the last few months, reports of suicides of students have become very common and we might have ignored looking into the reasons behind. Going with the trend, a very depressing news came into the media on last Tuesday (Dec 3). A student of Viquarunnisa Noon School & College – country’s one of the most renowned educational institutions committed suicide. Her name was Aritri Adhikari, only 16 years of age and a student of class 9. The news came as a great shock as nothing can justify the waste of such a promising life. She gave away ...

MNA National Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday promised to bring to justice those responsible for the accident that took the lives of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School and College, reported news agency. “This is completely unforgivable because the driver was driving the bus defying all the (traffic) rules, resulting in the loss of two lives…many students were also injured,” she said. The prime minister said this while speaking at a programme at Armed Forces Medical College ground after laying the foundation stone of an underpass at a road adjacent to Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School ...

MNA National Desk: Some unidentified youths armed with sticks assaulted student protesters when they were already battling against the police during their campaign for safe roads in Mirpur. A large swathe of the area turned into a chaotic scene as police chased and beat the students. Then a group of stick-wielding youths arrived on the road to drive the protesters away. The bdnews24.com reporter saw at least one student injured as the clashes unfolded at 4pm on Thursday. The students have continued a popular campaign for safe roads since Jul 29 when two of their fellows lost their lives to ...

MNA Education Desk: Students of Government Science College blocked Farmgate road on Tuesday morning demanding safe roads following death of two students on Airport Road in Dhaka, reported news agency. As part of their pre-scheduled programme, the students took to the street and staged sit-in under the foot-over bridge around 10:15am, disrupting vehicular movement of the road. The nine-point demands include resignation of Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, safe road, capital punishment of the killer driver. Diya Khanam Mim and Abdul Karim Rajib, first year students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College, were killed and nine others wounded as a bus ...

MNA Education Desk: Students at universities and colleges across the country have been boycotting classes and examinations as a gazette notification abolishing the quota system is not issued within the given deadline. In Dhaka University, students started a procession from DU central library around 11:00am after suspending all classes. In Chittagong University, student were seen staging a sit-in on the rail tracks, blocking CU shuttle train service since 8:00am, reported news agency. The quota protesters gave the government an ultimatum to publish a gazette abolishing quota system in government jobs as per the prime minister’s announcement by Sunday afternoon and ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Leftist students have sealed off the main entrance of the Arts Building at Dhaka University as part of their protests against ‘attacks’ by the ruling party’s student wing. They took position outside the building at 7am Monday forcing students and teachers to use the back door of the building and other entrances through the proctor’s office and the dean’s office to reach classrooms. Later they took out a procession. The alliance that identifies itself as Progotoshil Chhatra Jote has made four demands—the authorities must open an inquiry and arrest the Chhatra League activists who assaulted demonstrators outside ...

MNA National Desk: Students of newly affiliated seven government colleges with Dhaka University (DU) clash with police while staging demonstration to realize their demands at Shahbagh intersection on Thursday. The students took to the street around 10:00 am, demanding announcement of dates and schedule for their examinations. The seven colleges are Dhaka College, Eden Mohila College, Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Kabi Nazrul Government College, Begum Badrunnessa Government Girls’ College, Government Bangla College and Government Titumir College. Traffic on the busy road remained halted for an hour during the clash. Deputy Commissioner of police’s Ramna Zone Maruf Hossain said that around ...

MNA International Desk: Six high school students were feared dead Monday after they were engulfed by an avalanche while on a mountain-climbing outing, reported news agency. Local authorities and police confirmed that an avalanche had hit early Monday on the mountain in Tochigi prefecture north of Tokyo. Three other students were injured, while three teachers on the excursion could not immediately be contacted. The incident occurred in the town of Nasu about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Tokyo. Tochigi prefectural authorities said that about 50 students from seven high schools were on the mountaineering trip. Television footage showed heavy ...

MNA Education Desk (JnU Correspondent): University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof Abdul Mannan has said that since the students are the future of tomorrow, they can play a vital role to build up a rich, bright and peaceful country through taking part in the anti-militant and anti-drug activities. He came up with this comment while addressing a discussion as Chief Guest held at the central auditorium of Jagannath University (JnU) on Monday at 12:00pm, marking the 47th Independence and National Day. He also said “…. We gained the independence through much sacrifice and struggle for a long time. The opponents ...

MNA National Desk: Two university students to be hanged for killing their classmate as a Dhaka court has ordered death sentence for those two students of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology for killing one of their classmates. It was a brutal killing as the body of 22-year-old Subir Chandra Das was found on the banks of a river at Dhaka’s Savar in 2013. In its verdict, the court of Dhaka’s District and Sessions Judge ordered life imprisonment for two others and acquitted another. Fugitives-at-large Farhad Hossain Shiju and Md Hossain received death sentences. Shafiq Ahmed Robin and Kamrul Hassan ...

MNA Editorial Desk: The issue of female students’ safety on campus has recently spotlighted through several crimes occurring at educational institutions. A female student must feel comfortable and safe at her campus. If not, this will likely lead to poor academic performance and decreased social activity. Keep in mind that campus safety should also refer to the surrounding neighborhoods because chances are your child is going to be out exploring his new environment. All educational campuses must do their best to keep campus housing a safe area. Sexual assault on female students and physical violence are main issues of concern ...

MNA Editorial Report: The students of JnU (Jagannath University) announced that they will continue their strike on Tuesday and Wednesday. The students made the announcement after being blocked by police for marching to the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka, where they intended to submit a memorandum containing their demands. A group of JnU students brought out the procession demanding construction of residential halls for them on the empty space of recently abandoned Dhaka Central Jail since August 2. Around 10am in the morning, police blocked the students’ procession at Bangshal intersection. The law enforcers then fired blank shots and threw ...

Article By: Delower Shahjada MNA Feature Desk: In our nationality induction, the role of students in politics was very vital, and taking the students away from politics can be a mistake of any nation. It was a time when politics was linked with only the middle-aged and elder citizens of a country. The existence of youth in politics was not greeted, with the exception of a few. However, in a country with a large youth population, it is no hesitation that their voice matters. In the recent few years, there has been a massive rise in the participation of students ...