Business Desk : dhakamirror.com The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) and the Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) Foundation recently held a “Saifuddin Ahmed Chowdhury Memorial Scholarship” program at the Buet academic council bhaban in Dhaka. The programme aims to provide funds on a monthly basis to 33 students of 12 departments, said a press ... Read more
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Poly Cable to pay Tk 50 lakh to BUET
A memorandum of understanding was signed between Bangladesh University of Engineering and Poly Cable Industries Limited at the university’s council building on Wednesday. According to the MoU, ‘The development of smart fast charger and virtual testing platform for electric vehicle batteries’ research project run by BUET’s Department of
BUET, GPH sign deal on research
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and GPH Ispat Limited signed a memorandum of understanding at the university council building on Tuesday. BUET vice-chancellor Satya Prasad Majumder presided over by the ceremony while Mohammad Shahidullah Khandaker, secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works was
Berger awards aspiring young architects
Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd (BPBL) in collaboration with the department of architecture at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) virtually organised the Berger Award Programme for students of Architecture BUET (BASAB) recently. A total of 22 awardees from the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 sessions were
Buet team wins Saarc programming contest
The students of Buet bagged the winning trophy at the Third Quazi Azher Ali SAARC Programming Contest-2012 held in the capital on Saturday. Buet’s “Choker” became the champion team while Dhaka University’s “Angry Birds” and Buet’s “Merry Enzam” became the runner-up and second runner-up teams respectively in
Buet admission test on Dec 1
The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) authorities yesterday set December 1 for holding the first year admission test for 2012-2013 academic session. The date was fixed at an academic council meeting where Vice Chancellor Prof SM Nazrul Islam was not present showing due to illness
Academic activities in BUET resume finally
Teachers adamant about removal of vice-chancellor The students the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, after a long and unexpected closure of 65 days, thronged the campus in the morning to attend classes, undergo tests and work in laboratories on Saturday. Academic activities in BUET have been disrupted since April 7 as the teachers and students have ... Read more
BUET classes resume on Saturday
BUET classes resume on Saturday ending a five-month stalemate at the prestigious Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. The decision to resume class room teaching was announced on Saturday by vice chancellor SM Nazrul Islam and BUET Teachers
BUET pro-VC removed
Students wait for teachers’ call to return to classrooms The government on Sunday removed the pro-vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in the face of protests the teachers and students have held since April with breaks. The education minister in a circular said that Habibur Rahman had been removed as pro-vice-chancellor in keeping ... Read more
PM flays Buet agitators
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday censured a section of Buet teachers and students for their “perverted” protest and warned them not to repeat such incident on the campus. “What a disgusting kind of agitation! A boy collected blood from a girl’s body and poured it on the floor. I don’t understand, how such a perverted ... Read more
BUET stalemate
Students want minister to keep promises first BUET students rallying for the removal of the university vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor on Friday said that they would get back to classrooms once the education minister removed the pro-vice-chancellor and withdrew the cases filed against students and teachers and reshuffled the administration as
Buet crisis yet to end
Agitating students’ decision on going back to classes by today or tomorrow Receiving assurance from the education minister of a friendly environment, agitating students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) held a meeting yesterday to decide whether to return to classes. The decision would be announced today or tomorrow at a press conference, the ... Read more
BUET crisis lingers
Students rigid in their demand for removal of VC The situation in the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology took a turn for the worse due to the rigid stance adopted by anti-vice chancellor students and top administrative figures of the university. Agitating BUET students were uncompromising in their demand for the removal of the ... Read more
BUET Pro-VC to resign, decision on VC later
Steps taken as edn minister holds crisis management meeting Pro-vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Habibur Rahman will be removed and cases filed against BUET teachers and students withdrawn as steps to resolve the protracted crisis in the university. Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid announced the decision to reporters at 1:15am
BUET protests on
Resignation deadline extended BUET students on Sunday continued holding protests, giving the vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor a fresh deadline of 11:00am today to resign. Activists of the disbanded university unit of the Chhatra League, the ruling Awami League-backed student organisation, meanwhile on the day, faced off the students, who were rallying for the removal
BUET students give VC, pro-VC till 10am today to quit
BUET students on Saturday gave the university vice-chancellor, SM Nazrul Islam, and the pro-vice-chancellor, Habibur Rahman, till 10:00am today to resign. They said that they would, otherwise, wage a tough movement to push for the removal of the two top officials of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
BUET stalemate takes new turn
No classes held after Eid holidays; now students prepare to stage demo for removal of VC and pro-VC The deadlock at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) appears to deepen further as the students resume demonstration today demanding removal of the vice chancellor and his deputy. Meanwhile, even though the Buet authorities insist the ... Read more
No end to BUET stand-off
No classes taken on first working day No classes were held on Saturday at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology although the university opened after a 44-day vacation. The campus was almost empty and only a few students were found gossiping, mostly in the BUET’s cafeteria, and wandering here and there on the campus ... Read more
Uncertainty lurks as BUET reopens today
The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology will reopen today ending a 44-day holiday of summer, Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr. The holiday, from July 11 to August 24, was announced amid a protest by its teachers’ association demanding the resignation of its vice-chancellor SM Nazrul Islam and the pro vice-chancellor
Admission seekers left in uncertainty
Buet, Medical Colleges Admission seekers left in uncertainty Although the admission process for honours courses in all the major public universities is already underway, uncertainty plagues thousands of students willing to enrol for Buet and medical colleges. Over the years public medical colleges and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) remained the most sought-after ... Read more