Classes will resume at Dhaka University (DU) tomorrow after an 11-day vacation on the occasion of the holy Durga Puja, Ashura, Laxmi Puja and Autumn holidays, said a DU press release here today. The classes remained close from September 27…
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19 Unique and innovative farm-to-school programmes
Danielle Nierenberg October is national Farm-to-School Month in the United States. It’s a time to celebrate the connections between schools, farmers, and locally and regionally produced foods. Each year, millions of students, farmers, and communities across North America celebrate the…
IU admission process begins on Oct 15
The online admission process for first year honors courses under 2017-18 academic sessions at Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia will begin on October 15 and continue till November 20. IU acting registrar SM Abdul Latif said the admission tests of…
Training for university journalists begins at BAU
Mymensingh – An eight-day long training for the university journalists, titled ‘Training on Crime Reporting and Photo Journalism’ has begun on Monday to increase the efficiency and skills in reporting of the journalists working in different media houses.
69th anniversary of DU Alumni Association celebrated
The 69th founding anniversary of Dhaka University Alumni Association (DUAA) was observed yesterday on the campus with much festivity and enthusiasm. On the occasion, six emeritus Professors of the University and DUAA founding president were conferred DUAA Gold Medal-2017 at…
Making right to development a reality for everyone
Geneva(Kanaga Raja) – More than 30 years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development, business-as-usual will not be sufficient to achieve progress, a United Nations human rights expert has said.
Two university admission tests on the same date
We heard that Rajshahi University has earned taka 4 crores from the undergraduate admission test and almost same is the case of the Jahangirnagar University. Around 4 lakh students applied against around 2 thousand seats for Jahangirnagar and one applied…
Mistakes in math textbook
Numbers reading in other languages are comparatively easy. Once you know the numbers up to ten or twenty then you can read the other numbers easily. For example, Arabic language: wahid (1), ithnan (2), salasa (3), arba’a (4), khamsa (5),…
Seminar on “Teaching-Learning Quality in Geology” held at RU
Rajshahi – A day-long seminar on “Teaching-Learning Quality Enchantment in Geology and Mining” organized by Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) in association with the Department of Geology and Mining of Rajshahi University (RU) was held at the Dean’s complex…
JU BCL terms PM’s proposal at UN peace model
Savar – Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit on Saturday brought out a joyous procession here on the campus, hailing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s peace model presented at UN general assembly over Rohingya crisis.
RU students protest genocide of Rohingyas wearing black masks
Rajshahi – Wearing black masks students of Rajshahi University (RU) under the banner of United Nation Youth and Students Association of Bangladesh (UNYSAB) formed a human chain on the campus on Sunday to protest the persistent oppression and ‘mass killings’…
University admission test or doing business!
One day I talked to a banana retailer on the roadside. He told me that his son passed HSC with GPA5 this year from a reputed college of Dhaka. He did get GPA5 in SSC as well. The banana seller…
When primary education receive due attention?
Masum Billah Dhaka – Out of about sixty-four thousand government primary schools, twenty-one thousand have been running without their head teachers. A Bengali daily has highlighted this news making it much enriched with many relevant data and information. Though the…
First agricultural debate competition at BAU
The first agricultural debate competition was started at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh participating 12 teams from 10 different public & private agricultural subject base universities on Friday. BAU organized the debate competition on agricultural base topics such as agriculture, farmer, agricultural…
JU to launch Bangabandhu institute
Savar – A new institute titled ‘Bangabandhu Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture’ is expected to be launched at JU soon. The deputy registrar (Education-1) of JU Abu Hasan confirmed the news.
Museum of rivers – canals expo at AF Dhaka
Dhaka – An architectural exhibition of Department of Architecture, BRAC University titled River Rhapsody: Museum of Rivers and Canals began at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka. The inagural ceremony of the exhibition was held on Saturday.
BAU admission test Nov 4
Mymensingh – Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) admission test for 2017-18 students in the first year courses under academic session 2017-18 will be held on 4 Nov.
Marks deduction of 2nd-time admission seekers stayed
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed government decision to deduct marks from second-time admission seekers, who are eager to get themselves admitted in Dental and Medical Colleges. The High Court bench comprising Justice…
Transformative power of literacy in today’s digitalized society
By Dr Hanif Hassan Al Qassim Geneva, Sept (IPS) – The vision of a literate world has guided the United Nations in its efforts to eliminate illiteracy worldwide. According to UNESCO, the world literacy rate now stands at 91% up…
Second senate meeting held at BRUR
The second senate meeting of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) was held today at the conference room of administrative building on the campus. Vice-Chancellor of the university and Chairman of its senate Professor Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah presided over the…
How Americanisms are killing English language
A book released this year claims that Americanisms will have completely absorbed the English language by 2120. Hephzibah Anderson takes a look. By Hephzibah Anderson So it turns out I can no longer speak English. This was the alarming realisation…
Literacy rate now 72.3 percent – Minister
Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman on Wednesday said some 53,000 posts of teachers are currently lying vacant in the country’s 64,000 primary schools. “Of the vacant posts, about 21,000 are of headmasters while 32,000 of assistant teachers,” he…
World’s 1st B-School Academia DataStore.
Dongrila.com came into existence in July 2017 with the aim of adding value to the lives of 12 million management students in South East Asia pursuing MBA, BBA, PhD through any of the possible channels — full-time, part-time, distance and…
7 girls killed in Kenya dormitory fire
Nairobi, Sept 2 (AP/UNB)- Seven girls died early Saturday when a fire gutted their dormitory at a high school in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, the country’s education minister said.
Why nationalization of education is necessary
Masum Billah The different teacher organizations have been on the streets for several months with the demand to nationalize education. We can remember the retired education secretary Nazrul Islam Khan happened to meet the prime minister who wanted to know…
RUET teachers to give a day’s salary to PM’s fund
Dhaka – The teachers of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) have decided to donate one day’s salary to the fund of Prime-Minister of Bangladesh for the purpose of minimizing the misery of the people of flood-affected areas of…
3 institutes ink MoU for clinical research
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed among three institutes to form an institutional platform and collaborate research initiative of clinical science across various health disciplines, including non communicable diseases (NCD). Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), the British Medical…
Thesis forgery of two RU teachers under probe
Rajshahi – A 3-member probe committee has been formed over the allegation of thesis forgery against two teachers of Rajshahi University (RU).
HC questions fees of private medical colleges
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the legality of fixing Tk 19.9 lakh as the admission and tuition fees for each candidate of MBBS and BDS courses in private medical colleges of the…
New RU Student Adviser
Rajshahi – Prof. Dr Zannatul Ferdous, a teacher of Social Work department has been appointed Students Adviser of the Rajshahi University (RU).