“Education curriculum of five private medical colleges has been postponed due to absence of quality education programmes as per the law,” said the minister responding to a tabled question placed by Jatiya Party lawmaker Moshiur Rahman Ranga of Rangpur-1 at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in Dhaka.
 
“At present, the country has a total of seventy-six private medical colleges . . . Of those, five are being administered by the Bangladesh Army, he said.

The education programme of five medical colleges-Nightingale Medical College at Ashulia in Dhaka, Northern International Medical College, Northern Private Medical College in Rangpur, AICHI Medical College and Shah Mokhdum Medical College & Hospital -has been postponed due to their irregularities while approval of a medical college has also been cancelled, added the minister.

Even, the government has fined these medical colleges Taka 5 lakh against enrolling each student as these private medical colleges allowed surplus students for admission violating the government rules, said the health minister.