10 medical colleges fined Tk1 crore each

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha gave the order yesterday asking the college authorities to pay the fines within 10 days. In case of default, the colleges will lose the enrolment right for the 2016-17 session. The medical colleges fined are MH Samorita Medical College, City Medical College, Nightingale Medical College, ZH Sikder Medical College, Dhaka Central International Medical College, East West Medical College, Tairunnessa Memorial Medical College, Aichi Medical College, Care Medical College and Ashiyan Medical College. The Health Ministry along with the DU would oversee the order’s implementation. In the order, the court said that the DU authorities would get a half of the amount while the rest would go to the National Liver Foundation and the Kidney Foundation. The 10 colleges are run under DU had set that the MBBS and BDS degree aspirants must have 120 marks out of 200 in the admission test to be eligible for the enrolment. But the authorities allowed the admission to a total of 153 students violating the benchmark.