9-8-15-2

The High Court issued a rule asking the government to explain in two weeks why imposing of 7.5 percent VAT on the private universities should not be declared illegal.

The bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Ali and Justice JN Dev Chowdhury issued the ruling on Sunday afternoon in response to a writ petition filed by Barrister Hasan M Azim.

Barrister Hasan MS Azim moved for the petition.

Earlier on August 4, Daffodil International University’s law department teach Khandaker Didar-us-Salam, student Arif Mahmud and varsity’s journalism department student Farhad Hossain filed the writ petition challenging the gazette notification issued by NBR in this regard.

On June 30, the budget for the next fiscal year was passed with a provision of 7.5% VAT on tuition fees of private universities and private medical colleges.

Later on July 4, National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued a gazette notification imposing 7.5% VAT on tuition fees of private universities and private medical colleges.

Finance secretary, education secretary, NBR secretary, University Grant Commission (UGC) chairman were made respondents of the rule.

According to the writ petition, though VAT has been imposed on private university students, no VAT was imposed public university students. It is a discriminatory decision.

9-8-15

Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid along with chairmen of all education boards handed over the copies of HSC results to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday morning.
The pass rate of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations is 69.60 percent. Later, the minister declared the results at a press conference at 10:00am.

A total of 7,38,872 students have been passed this year while 42,898 students get GPA 5. A total of 10,61,614 students appeared for the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) tests this year under 10 education boards, the education minister said at Gono Bhabhan after 10:00am. Of the students, 5, 70, 993 are boys and 5,02,891 are girls. This year's HSC and equivalent exams were held between April 1 and June 22. The pass rate of this year is lower than that of previous year as last year it was 78.33 pc.

Students will get results from their centres, education board websites and cellphones through SMS shortly after a press conference at 1:00pm. Results will be also available on www.educationboard.gov.bd and in respective campus at 1:00pm. The simplest procedure of getting HSC result through sms is as follow-

Go to your Mobile text option and type HSC then 1st three letters of your board name then your roll no then type 2015 and finally send it to 16222.

For madrasah students, they will have to type AlimMad then roll no2015 and then send it to 16222.

For vocational students, type HSCTec your roll no2015 and send to 16222.