Admission examinations for Dhaka University will begin from Friday, September 23 with the ‘Kha’ unit tests, a university press release says. Admission tests for ‘Ga’ (C) unit will be held on September 30, ‘Ka’ (A) unit on October 21, and ‘Gha’ (D) unit on October 28.

The online admission process for the first year honours admission tests for 2016-17 academic sessions of Dhaka University (DU) is scheduled to begin on August 22 and will continue till September 7.

Admission test for MBBS will be held on October 7 while Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) on November 4. The decision has come at a meeting chaired by Health Minister Mohammed Nasim at his office.

The Supreme Court issues a show-cause order to the authorities concerned of 10 private medical colleges to explain why they should not be prosecuted and imposed penalty for admitting 153 students who failed to fulfill the relevant requirements regarding admission test numbers.

British Council Bangladesh says O and A level examinations will take place on time as scheduled.

University Grants Commission directs all the private universities to form monitoring cells for creating awareness among the students against militancy, terrorism and extremism.

The education ministry asks the home ministry to shut unapproved Peace International Schools immediately.

This year’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will begin on November 1 across the country.

The primary and ebtedayee terminal examinations will begin across the country on November 20.

The government backtracks on a previous decision and keeps the provision of primary terminal examinations for fifth grade students.

The first-year honours admission test for 2016-17 academic session of Dhaka University (DU) will begin from September 23, says a press release.

There will be no primary terminal examination from now on, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman says.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) approves a budget of Tk 3425.74 crore for 2016-17 fiscal year for the country's public universities and itself.

The primary and mass education ministry decides in principle to scrap Class-V terminal examination as the primary level was elevated to class-VIII.

Prominent educationists today give their opinions for abolishing the section of multiple-choice questions (MCQ) from all examinations in the secondary level.

The process of HSC admission begins tomorrow. A student can apply to up to 20 institutions of his or her choice, of which one would be given to him or her on merit.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid says the government decides to print pre-primary level books in five ethnic languages from the next academic year.

The government defers the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and diploma-in-business studies examinations scheduled for May 27 for Union Parishad election.

Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof Abdul Mannan says they will show zero tolerance to any irregularity and malpractice in the country’s universities.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges the students and guardians for best use of the opportunities and facilities made available by the government for promotion of education and find job after the education.