Newspaper holiday on Sept 9-11

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, the world’s only fully-accredited air-based ophthalmic teaching and surgical hospital, has arrived in Bangladesh for the 11th time to conduct training on ophthalmology. The MD-10 aircraft housing the flying eye hospital (FEH) landed at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport around 12:20pm Thursday. Orbis International Country Director Dr ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com East West University concluded 3-days National RoboFest 2024 (organised by the East West University Robotics Club), Bangladesh’s grandest robotics and technology festival, with a vibrant prize-giving ceremony celebrating innovation, collaboration, and excellence. The EWU National RoboFest 2024 is Bangladesh’s largest gathering of robotics and tech enthusiasts. It brought together over 526 ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The British Council launched its third ‘Next Generation Bangladesh 2024’ research series event on Wednesday, 06 November 2024 at its office on the Fuller Road in Dhaka. The ‘Next Generation Bangladesh 2024’ report, an insightful research initiative by the British Council, explores the aspirations, challenges, and perspectives of young Bangladeshis. The ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com North South University (NSU) is 155th in the QS Asia University Rankings 2025. In other words, NSU is yet again the #1 private university in the country. Also note that NSU’s 155th position makes it the second-best university in the country, including all private and public universities. This year, 984 universities ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com East West University hosted an orientation ceremony to welcome its new students for the winter semester of 2024. The event took place on Thursday at the university’s campus in Aftabnagar, Dhaka. This semester, over 2,700 students were welcomed across 13 departments through separate ceremonies for undergraduate and postgraduate programs, with a ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) celebrated World Food Day 2024 with a special program organized by the College of Agricultural Sciences at the university campus on Wednesday. The event featured Professor Dr Md Abdul Latif, vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, as the chief guest. Distinguished guests included Kun ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Good Neighbours Bangladesh (GNB) is proud to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development (8th Edition) in recognition of its outstanding contributions to teacher development through the GNB education programme. This esteemed global award is presented by UNESCO every two years to highlight innovative practices ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Admission Fest at Presidency University began on October 3, 2024 (Thursday) and will continue till October 18, 2024. The honourable Acting Vice-Chancellor of Presidency University, Professor A.H.M Faruque, inaugurated the fest. The event was attended by the university’s Principal Adviser, Professor Dr. Md. Anwarul Kabir, Deans of various faculties, the ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The academic activities of Rajshahi University (RU) will resume on September 8 following a closure of more than two months. Classes of first-year students under the academic session 2023-24 are likely to start soon after the admission process is completed. The decisions were taken in a meeting held with all deans ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Bren Flanigan, acting counselor for Public Affairs of the US Embassy, today (3 July) inaugurated the first-ever fair exclusively for Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) alumni in Bangladesh at the Brac University campus. AWE, a global initiative led by the US Department of State, equips aspiring women entrepreneurs with essential knowledge, ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The final leg of Green Day Training of National Earth Olympiad (NEO) 2024 was held at Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) on Friday, 17 May after completing the divisional rounds at seven divisional cities of Bangladesh and the Cumilla Region. This year a total of 2000+ students participated in the preliminary rounds ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Canada Bangladesh Alumni Association (CBAA) hosted a remarkable evening of connection and celebration at Acoustic Social 2 on 15 May. With over 60 esteemed alumni from prominent Canadian universities such as the University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, Western Ontario, and more in attendance, the event exemplified the enduring ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Stockholm Junior Water Prize Bangladesh (SJWPBD) Award Ceremony 2024, held on 10 May from 3:30pm to 5:00pm, at Ascott Palace, Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh, dazzled audiences as it showcased the groundbreaking solutions crafted by the brilliant young minds of Bangladesh to tackle pressing water-related challenges. Set against the backdrop of a ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Department of English at Uttara University recently organized a vibrant and intellectually stimulating poster competition titled “Infopedia.” The event showcased the creative prowess and academic excellence of students from the 61st and 62nd batches of the department. The competition, held on April 30th and May 4th, 2024, featured themes centered ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The University of Dhaka will return to in-person classes starting next Wednesday (8 May). As the intensity of the heatwave came down to a bearable level following a drop in the city temperature due to downpours witnessed in the last couple of days, in-person classes will start again in the university ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com BRAC University students have recently won multiple prestigious awards at the Open Society University Network (OSUN) Film Festival. The festival was held online and featured 25 student-made videos, the final projects of the “Visual Storytelling for Student Engagement” course in the Fall 2023 semester. This collaborative course was offered at seven ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Professor Dr Ashik Mosaddik joined as the new Pro-Vice Chancellor (Pro-VC) of East West University (EWU) on Monday, 4 December 2023. The Honourable Chancellor of the University, His Excellency the President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh; Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed him as Pro Vice-Chancellor for four years, reads a press release. ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The freshers’ reception for the students of the 2022-23 session and the farewell ceremony for the students of the 2017-18 session were recently held in the Department of Population Sciences of University of Dhaka. Professor Dr Zia Rahman, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Dhaka, was present as ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com The premises of the Krishibid Institution echoed the energetic strides of more than 300 youths from across the country who gathered to participate in the Youth Festival on Sunday. Organized by the Right Here Right Now (RHRN2) project of Brac’s Social Empowerment and Legal Protection (SELP) Program, the purpose of the ... Read more

News Desk : dhakamirror.com Like previous years, admission seekers of the country’s 12 cadet colleges can pay application fee for admission test through bKash. Applicants or their guardians can apply for admission test at the cadet colleges’ admission website till 5:00pm of 13 December and complete the application with fee payment through bKash. The applicants ... Read more