The literacy rate of women in Bangladesh is 67.6 percent, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday.

The pass rate of girls is 4.97 percent higher than boys’ in this year’s HSC results under Rajshahi Education Board.

Students of Chittagong Mahila Polytechnic Institute yesterday locked the academic building and halt academic activities on the campus demanding removal of Jahirul Islam, a hostel super and chief physical instructor, from his service who allegedly was involved in stalking.

A collection of essays on the life and the theatrical acumen of actress Shimul Yousuf was launched at the Conference Lounge, National Press Club on July 16.

The expelled students of Asian University for Women (AUW) on Friday said the academic atmosphere of the university has turned for the worse after the authorities, throwing all set rules and regulations to the wind, expelled them. Addressing a media conference at the Chittagong Press Club auditorium, the students dubbed the recent order to expel [...]

Suffering s of patients mounted on the second day of the indefinite strike by the interns at Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) yesterday.

Kidney specialist Dr Sohely Ahmed Sweety won the Victoria British Columbia Scholarship recently for her scientific presentation.

The girl students ride bi-cycles to schools and in their return journey to their residences at the end of the classes. This has saved them from early marriages and extra conveyance for Tk 50 per day.

National Collegiate Programming Contest, a computer programming contest, began at Dhaka University (DU) Computer Science and Engineering department yesterday to encourage students to be programmers.

The world’s largest women-only university was opened barely two weeks ago by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Situated on the outskirts of the capital, Riyadh, the Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman University is ambitious – it has the capacity for 50,000 students and will improve women’s access to courses such as business and science.

Professor M Zahidul Haque, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka —————————————————————————————————— It is heartening to learn that the world’s largest university exclusively for women has been opened in Riyadh, KSA. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah inaugurated the SR-20-billion Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman University (PNU) on May 15, 2011.

Women leader on Friday demanded that the Eden Girls’ College should be given autonomy and be upgraded to a fully-fledged university named after Pritilata Waddedar.

THE right to education has been recognised since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. Article 26 of UDHR proclaims: “Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages.

With number of students increasing, residential problem in Chittagong University (CU) is mounting day by day.

Falguni Saha, who had appeared in the SSC examinations under Barisal Education Board without fingers and secured GPA-5, has proved that there is a way when there is a will.