Habiganj: At least 20 people, including 14 with rubber bullets, were injured as students of a school clashed with police in Bahubal upazila of the district on Wednesday. Witnesses said the clash ensued when the students, their guardians and members…
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Miscreant storms house, hacks schoolgirl in Munshiganj
Munshiganj – A miscreant stormed the house of a schoolgirl at Char Moddam village in Sirajdikhan upazila on Tuesday and hacked her in the head, leaving her injured, UNB news agency reported.
3 suspected killers of Eden College teacher held in city
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-4) arrested three people, including driver Masud, from the capital and Barisal on Monday in connection with the killing of retired Eden College teacher Ali Hossain Malek.The former teacher of Eden Women’s College was killed…
Grand-Duchess of Luxembourg now Patron, Asian University for Women
Luxembourg – Media OutReach – October 18, 2016 – Asian University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh, announced today the commitment of Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg to serve as a Patron of the University.
Whipping in class allegedly prompts Comilla schoolgirl’s suicide
Dhaka – A school girl allegedly committed suicide allegedly after being whipped by a teacher at Bharella village in Burichong upazila of Comilla district on Monday night, UNB news Agency reported.
JU VC to take initiative for terrorists’ trail
Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Jahangirangar University (JU) Prof Farzana Islam yesterday announced to take initiative immediately after facing movement against Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) of JU unit activist who were involved in beating Shafiqul Islam, the university correspondent of bdnews34.com.
RU BCL leader threatens to halt all exams
Rajshahi-A leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Rajshahi University (RU) unit has threatened to close all exams if the chance of appearing in the exam is not given to him.
Human chain at edu institutions postponed
Dhaka: The human chain programme scheduled to be held on Tuesday in all educational institutions across the country protesting the recent violence against women was postponed. Besides, the awareness meeting which was scheduled to be held on October 20 in…
B’deshi PhD student receives $98,950 in grant from American Heart Association
A Bangladeshi postdoctoral associate in the Physiology Department in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a grant from the American Heart Association to complete researching how to control blood pressure.Dr. SM…
Prof. Zafar Iqbal & his wife Pof. Yasmeen receive death threat
Dhaka- Eminent writer Prof Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal and his wife Prof Yasmeen Haque have received death threat through SMS sent from unknown numbers.
Training for journalists inaugurated at BAU
An eight-day long training, titled “Training on Investigation, Sports and Research reporting” inaugurated on Saturday for the university journalists working in different national dailies.
Four RU teachers threatened to death
Our man was injured in crossfire with police at Savar EPZ. Now he is under the treatment in Khidirpur of Kolkata. It needs 14 lakhs taka to keep forward his treatment.
RU formed probe body over Joly suicide
Rajshahi-A-seven member probe body has been formed where Rajshahi Universities (RU) Zoology Dept Prof Selina Parvin was made the secretary and given the investigation duty Tuesday night over committing suicide of RU Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) Department Associate Professor…
DU Surja Sen Hall to celebrate Golden Jubilee on Jan 28
Dhaka – The Golden Jubilee celebration of Masterda Surja Sen Hall of Dhaka University (DU) will be held on January 28, 2017. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Surja Sen Hall Golden Jubilee Celebration Committee at the…
Oliver Hart, Bengt Holmstrom win Nobel prize in economics
British-born Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom of Finland won the Nobel prize in economics for their contributions to contract theory, shedding light on how contracts help people deal with conflicting interests.Such contractual relationships can deal with anything from CEO bonuses…
Hacked college girl Khadiza stable at intensive care
Dhaka – The condition of Sylhet Government Women’s College student Khadiza has remained stable at the intensive care unit of the Squire Hospital in the city, according to hospital sources.
Popularization of science-based education stressed
Popularisation of science and information and communication technology (ICT) based modern education among the young students has become imperative to further accelerate pace of national development. The opinion came at concluding ceremony of a daylong Science Fair- 2016 organised by…
3 win Nobel chemistry prize for tiniest machines
Dhaka (AP/UNB)-Three scientists won a Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for advances in a field that has big hopes for very tiny machines — the smallest ever built. Frenchman Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Scottish-born Fraser Stoddart and Dutch scientist Bernard “Ben” Feringa…
Anti-militant drama staged at RU
Rajshahi-A drama centering the current context of militant’s activities across the country was staged at Rajshahi University on Thursday evening.
Educational institutions now ‘BCL offices’ alleges BNP
Dhaka: Strongly denouncing the attack on Sylhet college student Khadiza Akter reportedly by a BCL leader, BNP on Wednesday alleged that the country’s all educational institutions have been made ‘Chhatra League’s party offices’. UNB News Agency Reported.
Celebrate US National Farm to School Month
Danielle Nierenberg October is US National Farm to School Month and communities across the United States are celebrating the importance of farm to school programs. These programs, implemented in more than 42,500 schools in the United States, can help…
Three British scientists win Nobel for Physics
British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for their studies of unusual states of matter, which may open up new applications in electronics.
Students confine Edu Minister to Banbeis building
Dhaka – Students of Home Economics College confined Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid to Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (Banbeis) building demanding that their college be declared an institute under Dhaka University (DU), UNB news agency reported.
World Teachers Day and Bangladesh’s Teachers
Masum Billah World Teachers’ Day is being observed on 05 October every year across the globe since 1994.UNESCO proclaimed the day as World Teachers’ Day. Observing the day is an opportunity to acknowledge the teachers’ contribution to develop the future…
UK’s Thouless, Haldane and Kosterlitz win 2016 Nobel physics prize
British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for their studies of unusual states of matter, which may open up new applications in electronics.Their discoveries, using advanced mathematics, had boosted…
Students alliance demand reduction of BAU admission fee
Dhaka – The Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh chapter has demanded reduction of university honours admission fee. The demand was voiced at a press conference held at university journalists’ association on Sunday.
Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel for studies of cell ‘self-eating’
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the degrading and recycling of cellular components.The Karolinska Institute honored Ohsumi for “brilliant experiments” in the 1990s on autophagy, the “self-eating” process…
2 RU students get Monwar Hossain Memorial Award
Rajshahi-Khndakar Monwar Hossain Award, an award of Statistics department of Rajshahi University has been given to two students of the department as for their outstanding success in their Examination.
For admission to tertiary learning without tests
Every government of Bangladesh has had some good works for the nation. One of the good works of the BNP government was the elimination of copying in the public examinations across the country and get back students to the reading…
RU journalism teacher couple relieved of exam duties
Rajshahi – Rajshahi University (RU) authorities have relieved a teacher couple of the Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) Department of examination-related activities for five years for their irregularities in mark-sheet evaluation.