HSC re-scrutiny results to be announced on Nov 16
The results of the re-scrutiny of answer sheets for this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will be published at 10:00 am on Sunday (November 16). Professor SM Kamal Uddin Haider, convener of the Inter-Education Board Examination Controller Committee and Controller of Examinations at the Dhaka Education Board, confirmed the announcement. After...
Teachers demand resignations of home, primary advisers
Primary assistant teachers staging a sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar have demanded the resignations of the advisers for Home Affairs and for Primary & Mass Education, as their nationwide work abstention entered day one and the Dhaka vigil reached day two. In a statement on Sunday (November 9), movement leader Mohammad Shamsuddin Masud said the demand follows failure to meet three...
Ebtedayee teachers announce ‘long march’ to Jamuna
Teachers of independent Ebtedayee madrasas on Sunday (November 2) announced a “long march” towards the Chief Adviser’s official residence, Jamuna, at 2pm to press for the nationalisation of their jobs. The call came at a rally outside the National Press Club in Dhaka, where union leaders accused the authorities of neglecting hundreds of thousands of Ebtedayee teachers and urged the...
Khulna University admission process begins Nov 7
The admission process for first-year undergraduate programmes at Khulna University (KU) for the 2025–26 academic session will begin on November 7. The university announced the schedule in a notice published on its official website on Thursday night, outlining 1,109 available seats along with the examination timetable and related guidelines. According to the notice, online applications...
SSC form fill-up to start on Dec 31
The process of filling out forms for the 2026 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination will begin on December 31, according to an official press release issued today. Before the form fill-up starts, students intending to take part in the examination must submit their test examination results by December 30. The Dhaka Education Board said a detailed notification, along with the...
IUB students become 1st Runner-Up in Supply Chain Research Challenge 5.0
Team ‘frfr’ from Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) secured the 1st Runner-Up position at the Supply Chain Research Challenge 5.0, held on October 24, 2025. The competition was organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Human Resource Management (BIHRM), an autonomous professional institute under the Ministry of Commerce. The contest aimed to promote academic and industry-based...
Khulna University admission test on Dec 18-19
The first-year undergraduate (honours) admission test for the 2025–26 academic year at Khulna University (KU) will be held on December 18 and 19, according to a notification issued by the university’s registrar’s office. As per the schedule, the admission tests for the ‘A’ and ‘B’ units will take place on December 18. The ‘A’ unit includes disciplines under the School of...
IUB hosts first-ever Norwegian Film Festival in Bangladesh
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) hosted the first-ever Norwegian Film Festival in Bangladesh on Saturday, October 12, 2025. Jointly organized by the Department of English and Modern Languages and the Department of Media and Communication, the festival featured the screening of three Norwegian films — No Other Land (documentary), Let the River Flow (feature film), and Maybe Just for...
BUBT students became champions in national esports competitions
The Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) proudly announced that its students secured championship titles in two major national-level Esports tournaments, showcasing excellence, discipline, and teamwork. Competing as “All Stars,” the team won the Valorant segment of the Pubali Bank PLC Presents 13th ISTARC Science and Technology Festival 2025 – Powered by Retina, held...
Govt approves 15% house rent allowance for MPO staff
Following protests by private school and college teachers, the Finance Division has approved a house rent allowance increase for staff under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme. The allowance will rise by 7.5% from November 1, 2025, and an additional 7.5% from July 2026, totaling a 15% increase. The approval letter was sent to the Secretary of the Secondary and Higher Education Division at the...
IUB’s Raihan runner-up at Turaag Active National Squash 2025
Md. Raihan, a student of Finance at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), has become Runner-up in the Men’s Member Group of the Turaag Active 5th National Squash Championship 2025. The tournament, held from October 13-16, 2025, featured several other IUB students, including Riazul Jannat Urdho, from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, who finished fourth in the Open...
JnU Day events halted, 2-day mourning as JCD leader killed
Jagannath University (JnU) has suspended all events marking University Day on October 22 and declared two days of mourning following the killing of student and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader Zobayed Hossain. The decisions were taken at a virtual meeting on Monday (October 20) with university administrators, faculty, student leaders and journalists. Mourning will be observed on October...
ESMO exam held in Bangladesh for first time at NSU
North South University (NSU) in Dhaka has hosted Bangladesh’s first sitting of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Examination, a globally recognised credentialing test for oncology professionals. The 2025 session ran on Saturday (October 18) at NSU’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in line with ESMO protocols. The assessment was held concurrently with the main...
JCD leader stabbed to death in Old Dhaka
A student of Jagannath University, Jubaid Hossain, was stabbed to death in Old Dhaka on Sunday evening, police said. The incident occurred around 6 pm while Jubaid was on his way to give private tuition. His body was later discovered inside the residence of one of his students on Pani Pump Lane in Armanitola, confirmed Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bangshal Police Station. “He...
Teachers’ alliance for nationalisation meets Fakhrul
Leaders of the Alliance for Nationalisation of MPO-Listed Educational Institutions met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office to discuss their demands. During the hour-long meeting, alliance leaders highlighted their key demands, including the nationalisation of all private educational institutions and provision of 20 percent house...
IUB to host Int’l Conference on Economics, Business and Technology Management on Nov 14–15
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) will host the International Conference on Economics, Business and Technology Management (ICEBTM 2025) on November 14–15 at The Westin Dhaka. The theme this year is “Sustainability-Focused Industry Trends in Global Research.” Organised by IUB’s School of Business & Entrepreneurship (SBE), the two-day gathering is expected to draw more than...
RUCSU polls: Shibir wins VP, AGS; Anti-Dominance Unity takes GS
The Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed “Combined Students’ Alliance” has clinched victory in the vice president (VP) and assistant general secretary (AGS) posts, while the “Anti-Dominance Unity” panel secured the general secretary (GS) position in the Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (Rucsu) election. After the completion of vote counting, Chief Election Commissioner Professor...
Int’l professional development expert Katherine Rick conducts interactive sessions at IUB
Ms. Katherine Rick, Director of Professional Development at the British Management University, Uzbekistan, conducted two interactive sessions with faculty, students and management staff of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) on October 16, 2025, at the university’s DMK Lecture Gallery. The first session, titled “Ignite Your Mind: Where Curiosity Becomes Drive,” explored how...
Voting in RUCSU polls ends, counting begins
Voting for the Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU), 17 Hall Councils, and five Student Representatives to the Senate concluded peacefully on campus on Thursday (Oct 16), accompanied by a festive atmosphere. Counting of votes began at Kazi Nazrul Islam Auditorium using modern Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) machines. The entire counting process is being displayed on a large...