Writ petition seeks suspension of MBBS admission process
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Star Digital Report
A writ petition was filed with the High Court today (Wednesday), seeking its order on the government to suspend MBBS admission process for academic session 2020-21, claiming its merit list flawed .
Supreme Court lawyer Mohammad Humayun Kabir Pallab submitted the petition on behalf of 324 candidates, who didn t qualify as per the merit list, requesting the HC to direct the authorities concerned of the government to cancel the merit list and to publish a fresh list through reevaluating the admission test result.
In the petition, they said the authorities have not followed the provisions of the MBBS test rules for deducting 7.5 points from the total number scored by a candidate, who already got admitted as MBBS student but sat for the exam again, and the provisions for deducting 5 points from total number scored by a candidate who passed HSC last year in cases of many candidates.
Writ petition seeks cancellation of MBBS admission result United News of Bangladesh (UNB)
Bangladesh, May 19 A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Wednesday seeking cancellation of the faulty results of the MBBS admission test for the 2020-2021 academic year and formulation of a new merit list.
The petition was submitted by Supreme Court lawyer Mohammad Humayun Kabir Pallab on behalf of 324 admission seekers.
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It claimed that the results published on April 4 contained numerous errors and major inconsistencies .
According to the rules of admission test published by the Department of Health Education on February 8, if a candidate participates in the admission test for the second time while being enrolled in a medical college, 7.5 marks will be deducted from his total marks. If a candidate appears in the admission test after a delay of one year after passing the HSC exam, 5 mark
Deaths on ferries: Legal notice seeks Tk 1 crore compensation for each victim s family
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A rights organisation today (Thursday) served a legal notice on the government, requesting it to give Tk 1 crore as compensation in three days to each of the families of the victims, who died after falling sick due to heat on two overcrowded ferries on Padma River in Madaripur on Wednesday.
Law and Life Foundation sent the legal notice through its lawyers Mohammad Humayun Kabir Pallab and Mohammed Kawsar, also asking the authorities concerned of the government to conduct an inquiry to find out the persons responsible for the deaths and to bring them to justice.
DGME on April 4 published the results of MBBS admission test for academic session 2020-21.
A total of 48,975 students passed against 12,690 seats in 47 public and 70 private medical colleges across the country for the academic year 2020-21. There are 4,350 seats in public medical colleges and 8,340 in private medical colleges.
On April 2, a total of 1,16,792 aspirants appeared in the admission test of the MBBS course for the academic session.
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HC refuses to entertain writ petition seeking ‘comprehensive plan to prevent Covid-19’
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A High Court bench today refused to entertain a writ petition that sought its directive on the government to formulate comprehensive national short, mid- and long-term plan in order to prevent spread of Covid-19 and to vaccinate all vulnerable citizens irrespective of age.
The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir told the petitioners that no such emergency situation has been created in the country at this moment that this court should pass an order. The government has been trying its best to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic and is now trying to bring Covid-19 vaccine from more than three countries. If we make any interference in this situation, a panic might be created in society, Justice Enayetur Rahim said.