Jahangirnagar University has published the schedule of the intake tests of its bachelor’s degree courses under academic session 2011-12. The tests will begin on October 8. The seat plan will be available on mobile phone from October 7. To know the sitting arrangement, the aspirants have been asked to type JU<Space> SP<Space>Roll Number and send
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CDA website hacked
The official website of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) was hacked yesterday. Engineer Mostafa Jaman, CDA systems analyst of IT department, admitted to the incident and said they found that the website was hacked when they opened it around 9:30am. In primary investigation, the timing of the hacking or as to who hacked the website could ... Read more
Application called for Miss University
Miss University Bangladesh 2011 calls for application from university going female students to take part in the primary audition round which will start from October 8, said a press release. The programme will go on air on Ekushey TV from mid of November. Celebrated actors, fashion designers, models and TV programme producers will judge the ... Read more
WASA plans walkways to save Dhaka canals
To protect reclaimed canals from further encroachment, the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) has taken an initiative to build walkways around the canals, to demarcate them permanently. The ministry of finance has already allocated Tk. 8 crore for this purpose, DWASA managing director Taqsim A Khan told reporters, at a press briefing in ... Read more
Viqarunnisa loses ‘A’ grade to Motijheel Ideal School
Viqarunnisa Noon, the country’s most reputed school, has been given Grade ‘B’ while competitors Motijheel Ideal School and Holy Cross School have been graded ‘A’ in the country’s first-ever school rankings based on overall performance. RAJUK Uttara Model School, BAF Shaheen School, YWCA School, St Joseph’s Higher Secondary School, Shamsul Haque Khan School,
Channel i turns 12
Today marks the 12th anniversary of Channel i, the first digital Bangla channel. With a view to bring about positive changes in the realm of electronic media in Bangladesh, the channel commenced its journey in 1999. To mark the anniversary, Channel i will hold and air special programmes. A daylong cultural programme and fair will ... Read more
Survey on beggars starts
The authorities of social welfare ministry yesterday started a survey on the beggars in the city to rehabilitate them. The government enlisted ten non-governmental organisations (NGO) to carry out the survey. Around 1,000 workers of these NGOs collected basic information of the beggars, including their name, guardian’s name, residence address. They selected 400 spots in ... Read more
English being taught in Bengali !
Second part A report, prepared by a 16-member government committee, headed by University Grants Commission member Prof. Atful Hye Shibly, has observed that English is usually being taught through Bengali in classrooms and this practice hinders proficiency in English. The committee was assigned the task of identifying the obstacles to learning English and put forth ... Read more
Rajuk extends time for application again
Jhilmil Residential Project Rajuk extends time for application again For the second time, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has extended the deadline of submitting application of Jhilmil Residential Area Project for 15 days following the demand of the applicants. The last date of submitting application is now October 10 which was September 25, said chairman of ... Read more
Drik celebrates 22 years
Drik Picture Agency organised a discussion programme to mark its 22nd anniversary on September 24 at the rooftop of its office building in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. A photo exhibition highlighting the organisation’s motto — to always ask hard questions — was opened after the discussion. Managing director of Drik, Dr. Shahidul Alam, and filmmaker-editor Catherine Masud ... Read more
Climate change leads to forced migration
Speakers tell int’l conference Speakers at an international conference yesterday identified that extreme poverty, climate change impact, population growth, urbanisation, governance failures, and food and energy insecurity force people to be migrated. The second and concluding day of the two-day conference on “Changing nature of forced
Pry terminal exams from Nov 23
Terminal examinations, 2011 of the primary level students under general and madrasa education would begin November 23 instead of the earlier fixed November 16. The national steering committee on the examinations yesterday in a meeting decided to postpone the examinations by a week since it was coinciding with the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and
Hajj flights starts on Sept 29
Hajj flights for carrying Bangladesh pilgrims to Saudi Arabia will begin on September 29. A total of 1,07,425 pilgrims would perform Hajj from Bangladesh this year. Of which only 3,768 pilgrims will go under the government management while the rest under private management. Religious Affairs Secretary Kazi Habibul Awal said while briefing journalists at his ... Read more
Cuet admission test registration begins Sept 25
Registration for the admission test of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) for the academic sessions 2011-2012 will be held from September 25 to October 25. The admission tests will be held at 10:00am on November 19, while the free-hand drawing will be held at 2:30pm same day
JSC, JDC exams from Nov 1
Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations for class VIII students will begin on November 1 this year. Around 20 lakh students across the country are likely to take the exams under eight general education boards and one madrasa education board this year, said board
Bangladeshis out of DV-13 lottery
Citizens of 18 other countries cannot apply next year The United States has declared 19 countries including Bangladesh ineligible for the upcoming Diversity Visa (DV) 2013. The State Department in an announcement said all these 19 countries ‘sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the previous five
Wasa knocks down illegal structures
Kalyanpur Canal Wasa knocks down illegal structures Around 20 concrete and semi-concrete structures on Kalyanpur Gha Khal (canal) in the capital were demolished in a drive yesterday. A joint team of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) and the district administration conducted the drive with some 100 day-labourers and 50 police men from 10:00am ... Read more
Workshop on search engine optimisation begins Sept 15
A three-day long workshop on search engine optimisation will begin at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) in the port city on September 15. Bangladesh Open Source Network (BOSN) and Science and Engineering Club of IUB will jointly organise the workshop
Manpower, equipment crises hinder CCC waste management
Manpower crisis and inadequate equipment have been hindering waste management by the Chittagong City Corporation. According to the conservancy department of the corporation, the port city, inhabited by about 50 lakh people, on an average produces 1,200 tonnes of waste every
Mirpur Zoo to get 42 new species of animals
The authorities are going to bring at least 42 species of animals to Mirpur National Zoo against the backdrop of death of a good number of animals in the last couple of years that drew widespread criticism. The ministry of fisheries and livestock has recently approved a Tk 7.50 crore project to bring the animals ... Read more