Many of the Dhaka city sites and structures, which are more than 100 years old and have historical, architectural, aesthetical and cultural significance, are yet to be enlisted as archaeological sites. As per the provision in the Antiquities Act 1968, the Department of Archaeology can consider enlisting a historic or archaeological edifice only if it ... Read more
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RU founding anniversary celebration starts today
Rajshahi University is going to celebrate its 58th founding anniversary today with festivities. The celebration, originally scheduled for July 6, the founding day of the university, was delayed because of the countrywide general strike enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on that day. Marking the day, the university authorities will hold a host of programmes, ... Read more
Students with disabilities pass hard time at RU
Visually-impaired students are not admitted More than 100 students with disabilities at Rajshahi University find it difficult to pursue their studies as the university lacks the necessary facilities. Their demands, which they raised to the authorities more than once, include reserved seats in the university transport, disabled-friendly lifts and toilets, slopes to get into the ... Read more
Salinity hits 62pc coastal land
Says survey About 10.56 lakh out of 16.89 lakh hectares of coastal land are affected by soil salinity of various degrees, said a survey of the Soil Resources Development Institute (SRDI) of the Ministry of Agriculture. According to the findings of the survey in 2010 on saline soil of Bangladesh, more than 62 percent out ... Read more
Accommodation crisis acute at BL College
Khulna: The students, especially the female ones, of Government BL College, have long been facing severer accommodation crisis. The seven dormitories — five for the male and two for the female — can accommodate only 577 students while more than 23,000 students read in the college, with 40 per cent of them being females,
AUW sticks to expulsion order
Expelled students mull legal fight The authorities of the Asian University of Women in Chittagong have decided to stick to their stance on the expulsion of 12 students, who, the authorities said, failed to achieve the required marks in the semester examinations. The university authorities held a scheduled meeting with the expelled students and their
Freedom fighters to get spl medical facility
The country’s freedom fighters will enjoy special medical facility from Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital of the capital’s Dhanmondi area. The hospital on Saturday opened a geriatric (related to old age) medicine centre — a one stop medical service for them. The centre is equipped with special indoor and outdoor
Rajshahi Univ central library goes automated
The Rajshahi University central library with its rich collection of books is under process of automated, says officials. Library official Bidhan Chandra Das says the authorities concerned have under taken the programme with a view to making modern computerised system available to the students, teachers and
AUW students rally against expulsion
The students of the Asian University for Woman in the Chittagong city on Thursday protested at the unilateral expulsion of 11 students and suspension of one student by the university authorities. The students broke open the main gate, which had been locked to prevent them from coming out of the campus of the residential university, ... Read more
7th Int’l Inter University Photo Exhibition begins today
7th International Inter University Photography Exhibition (IIUPE) by the North South University Photographic Society (NSUPC) begins today at Drik Gallery, Dhanmondi, says a press release. The exhibition will open this afternoon at 4pm. Pro Vice-Chancellor of North South University, Dr. S.A.M Khairul Bashar, will inaugurate the exhibition. Noted media personality and photo enthusiast
Trustees barred from being VC, pro-VC, treasurer
Private University Trustees barred from being VC, pro-VC, treasurer From now on, any trustee board member of a private university will not be the vice chancellor (VC), pro-vice chancellor (pro-VC) and treasurer. The government yesterday issued a circular in this regard stating that every university has to send a proposal of three names for appointing ... Read more
Hajj money deposition date extended to July 12
The government yesterday extended the date to deposit Hajj money including airfare and moallam fees until July 12 for both government and non-government managements. The decision was taken considering the benefit and in the wake of demands from Hajj agencies and of this year’s prospective Hajj pilgrims, says a press release of Ministry of
3 tradeshows in city
Three international tradeshows — ‘BACE Expo 2011’, ‘Big Expo Bangladesh’ and ‘Elprotech Bangladesh’ — began on Wednesday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital. The fifth edition of the four-day electrical products, raw materials and machinery trade show ‘Elprotech Bangladesh 2011’, supplementary power trade show ‘Big Expo Bangladesh’ and
Digital innovations on show
Schoolteachers even in the remote areas of the country now develop classroom contents for their students with the help of textbooks, websites and YouTube videos. Not only that, they also share the contents by signing up into blogs, said Md Mofakkharul Islam, a system analyst of the education ministry. He was giving a description of ... Read more
Women reaching heights
With the dream to familiarise foreigners with her beloved country’s flag, Wasfia Nazreen, a Bangladeshi female mountaineer, sets off early morning today in her journey to climb the seven highest mountains of the world’s seven continents. Wasfia will be the first female mountaineer of Bangladesh to climb Europe’s Mount Elbrus, Africa’s
Rumana flies for Canada with some hope for her eyes
Dhaka University teacher Rumana Monzur, who was blinded by her husband Hasan Syeed who tried to gouge out her eyes when he attacked her on June 5, flew back to Vancouver in Canada on Tuesday with a faint hope of regaining her vision, said family members. A scholar of the University of British Columbia, Rumana, ... Read more
Int’l photo exhibition starts July 8
The 7th International Inter University Photography Exhibition 2011, organised by North South University Photography Club (NSUPC), will begin July 8 at Drik Gallery in the city. Photos of 152 photographers from 28 local and 15 international universities will be exhibited this year. North South University Vice-chancellor Dr Hafiz GA Siddiqi will attend the inaugural ceremony ... Read more
Digital innovation fair begins tomorrow
The Digital Innovation Fair-2011 begins in the city on July 6 as part of government efforts to build a digital Bangladesh by 2021, reports BSS. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the three-day digital fair as the chief guest at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre at
Accommodation crisis leads to subhuman life at Barisal jail
The Barisal Central Jail is crammed with prisoners more than double its capacity, pushing the inmates to lead a subhuman life. Crises of solitary cells for the death row inmates, separate ward for children and juveniles and shortage of jail guards have become acute
Fake doctor held at Dhaka Medical College Hospital
The Shahbagh police in Dhaka on Sunday arrested a young man impersonating a doctor at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The police said Moshiur Rahman Samrat, 24, from Patuakhali was primarily caught by on duty Ansar members when he was trying to treat some patients at ward number 212 in the