The annual Education UK Exhibition 2011, organised by the British Council, was held at Hotel Agrabad in Chittagong on Saturday. The minister for industries, Dilip Barua, inaugurated the exhibition as chief guest at 10:30am while British Council head of performance, marketing and communications Raiqah Wali Khan
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Application deadline February 12
AUW Admission Application deadline February 12 Admission process in both access academy and undergraduate programmes under the current session has begun at Asian University for Women (AUW) in Chittagong city. AUW Director (admission and student recruitment) Rehana Alam Khan briefed the media about their curricula and academic activities at a press conference here
MV Jahan Moni engr falls ill
Electrical Engineer Mohammad Sahabu Alam of hijacked Bangladeshi ship MV Jahan Moni, now suffering from high blood pressure and leg oedema, sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s initiative for their early rescue. Somali pirates allowed Sahabu to phone his wife Afroza Akhter residing in Chittagong’s Chawkbazar area yesterday, said Afroza
NU publishes Degree results
The final results of Degree (pass) examinations of 2009 under National University (NU) were published last night with a pass rate of 63.94 percent. A total of 60,940 students passed the final examinations of Degree (pass) course. Some 95,311 students took the exams, said an NU press release
Prof Yunus gets bail in food adulteration case
The Food Court of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) yesterday granted bail to Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus in a case filed on charges of food adulteration. The court passed the order after his lawyer Barrister Sara Hossain prayed for his bail in presence of Yunus, the chairman of Grameen Danone Foods Limited
‘Sundarbans can boost economy’
Natural Wonders ‘Sundarbans can boost economy’ Khulna city Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque yesterday said Bangladesh’s reputation will increase and economy get stronger if the Sundarbans is elected as a natural wonder. So we must irrespectively work together to help Bangladesh’s vast mangrove forest win the final race scheduled for November 11 this year, he
3-day Ctg REHAB fair begins today
A three-day REHAB fair starts in the port city today (Thursday). It will be the fifth fair organized by Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh, Chittagong chapter. Housing and Public Works Minister Abdul Mannan Khan will inaugurate the fair at 11 am while chairman of Chittagong Development Authority Abdus Salam will attend the function ... Read more
Many leave schools for mistreatment: Study
Many children are also excluded from schools for sitting on back benches, wearing dirty clothes and not being among the top tier in their classes, says a study. It says these children are branded as bad students and remain largely ignored and overlooked by their teachers. This label of being a bad student spreads beyond ... Read more
Deadline for essay competition extended
Dhaka University Economics Department Alumni Association (DUEDAA) has extended the deadline for its essay competition to February 28. As part of its initiative Linking Youth to Economics, DUEDAA had earlier launched the essay competition for under-25 on a topic, Economic Future of Bangladesh: Next
Drug addiction takes a bad turn in Barisal
Parents filed 6 cases against addicted children within a month The number of drug addicts has gone up in the Barisal city and its adjacent areas in the recent times. Declining socio-cultural and moral values, slack family bond and increasing frustration arising out of intense life-struggle are attributed to this rising trend of addiction in ... Read more
Rootless children getting involved in criminal activities: seminar
Discussants on Monday said rootless children were getting involved in criminal activities in the absence of sufficient number of shelter home and rehabilitation centre. They emphasised comprehensive efforts of government, non-governmental organisations and the stakeholders concerned so that children get proper care and are not left to their
BCSIR Science Fair 2011 begins in capital
Bangladesh Council for Scientific and Industrial Research held a 3-day science fair on its Dhaka campus on Monday. The fair, with slogan ‘in search of young scientists,’ was inaugurated by science and information and communication state minister Yafesh Osman as the chief guest while secretary
Underground museum likely to see light March 26
Decoration work is yet to start The underground liberation war museum at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital city is likely to be officially inaugurated on the upcoming Independence Day, March 26. The museum will feature photographs, projection room and articles representing and reminiscing the period from 1948 to the Independence War of 1971
Written test result for pry teachers’ posts published
The results of written test of freedom fighter quota for the post of assistant teacher in government primary schools were published yesterday with a total of 9,187 examinees coming out successful, said an official handout. The lists of the successful candidate’s roll numbers have already been sent to the
Mass upsurge day today
The nation will observe the 42nd historic Mass Upsurge Day today to commemorate the valiant sons of the soil who sacrificed their lives during the movement. On this day in 1969, students and people waged a strong movement against the then Pakistani autocratic regime of Ayub Khan. The movement turned into a mass upsurge following ... Read more
DUJA silver jubilee on Feb 5
The Dhaka University Journalists’ Association will celebrate its silver jubilee ceremony with due festivity on the TSC premises on the university on February 5. All former members of the organisation and former DU correspondents of different media are requested to do their registration by January
‘America Week’ begins in Khulna today
Continuing the tradition to outreach across Bangladesh, the US embassy is sponsoring a three-day ‘America Week’ in Khulna beginning today. America Week highlights the important ties between the people of the US and Bangladesh by taking the embassy’s activities to people outside
10 fibre-reinforced plastic boats for 50 fishermen in Savar
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) yesterday in Savar handed over 10 boats, made of fibre-reinforced plastic, to 50 fishermen, one for five men, of the southwestern districts. FAO delivered the boats as a part of its project — ‘Support to Assist Landless, Marginal and Small Farmers to Overcome Soaring Input and Food Prices in Impoverished ... Read more
Socio-economic dev suggested to end harassment of women
Participants in a debate competition on Saturday emphasised social and economic development of women to end gender discrimination and harassment of women in the country. They were addressing the divisional final round of Inter University Parliamentary Debate Competition 2011 at Barisal Model School and
Rokeya Hall reunion held
Former students of Rokeya Hall, one of the oldest female dormitories of Dhaka University (DU), gathered at the hall grounds yesterday for the first reunion ceremony of its alumni association. DU Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the daylong celebration in the morning after which present and former hall members brought out a colourful ... Read more