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Urgent Instructions From DSHE
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03 Nov 2024, 15:32
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The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) has directed all the secondary schools in the country to send information on vacant seats for the admission of students from class 1 to 9 through a lottery system for the next academic year (2025) under the Ministry of Education.
DSHE published a circular in this regard on Sunday (November 3).
It is said that for the next academic year (2025), the government and private secondary schools located in the city and district Sadar Upazila have been instructed to send the information of vacant seats for the admission of students in the first to ninth grade through a lottery system.
The process of submitting this information started on October 30 and will end on November 8, the educational institutions have to go to the website gsa.teletalk.com.bd and submit the required information.
Important schedule of the admission process:
- Last date for submission of information: 8 November 2024
- Start of receipt of online applications: 12 November 2024
- Last date for receipt of online application: 30 November 2024
- Admission Lottery: December 2024 (date to be announced later)
Every institution has to provide correct information following the guidelines set by the Ministry of Education. There is a rule to include a maximum of three police stations in the designated area for institutions in Dhaka. Besides, it has been made mandatory for the institution heads to provide online bank account numbers and routing numbers to add bank-related information to the online application form. DSHE directed that the head of the institution should be personally responsible if wrong information is submitted.
Change in the quota system in admissions
Some changes have been made in the quota-based admission process. Earlier, a 5 percent quota was reserved for the children of freedom fighters, but if the seats were vacant, the grandchildren were also allowed to get admission to that quota. According to the new rules, only the children of freedom fighters will get this quota benefit. If the seat is vacant, students will be admitted from the merit list.
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The cyclone ‘Dana,’ located over the Bay of Bengal and adjacent west-central Bay, has intensified into a severe cyclone as it continues to move north-northwest. Currently, it is positioned 490 kilometers south-southwest of Payra seaport.
This update was provided in a special weather bulletin on Thursday morning.
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He made this call in a message given on the occasion of United Nations Day on Thursday (October 24).
Originally, UN Day was observed on 24 October to mark the anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter in 1945.
The United Nations officially came into existence on this day with the ratification of this founding document by a majority of the signatories of the Charter, including the five permanent members of the Security Council.
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On Saturday (October 26), not only the journey was delayed, but the railway authorities also canceled the journey of the inter-city Jayantika Express on the Dhaka-Sylhet route and the Agnibina Express on the Dhaka-Tarakandi route.
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Meanwhile, the railway authorities have formed an inquiry committee into the derailment of the coach. Action will be taken subject to the report of the committee.
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The victims were not immediately identified.
Shibpur Police Station's Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Afzal Hossain confirmed this.
According to the police, and locals, a CNG carrying passengers from Itakhola was going to Manohardi on Saturday afternoon. When the autorickshaw reached a place called Pacharbari, it collided with a truck going to Itakhola. The CNG was completely twisted. Six people, including the autorickshaw driver and passenger, died on the spot. After receiving the information, the fire service and the police are conducting a rescue operation.
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Muhammad Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (media and public relations) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), and DB Additional Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Rezaul Karim Mallik confirmed the matter.
Talebur Rahman said that Mosharraf, the former Awami League lawmaker from Chattogram-1, was accused in a murder case filed at Paltan Police Station.
Engineer Mosharraf Hossain won the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 9th, 10th, and 11th parliamentary elections as an Awami League candidate from Chattogram-1 Constituency.
He was also the Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism in the period from 1997 to 2001, before taking charge of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works in the 10th National Parliament.
