The police detained 74 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Dhaka College unit from different dormitories of Dhaka College in the small hours of Sunday. They were detained when they were preparing for a clash equipped with arms. Of them, nine leaders and activists were sent to court and others were released, said Sub-Inspector of New Market Police Station Rezaul Karim. The nine leaders and activists have been identified as Amin Ahmed Chowdhury Rumel, Md Rubel, Sohel...
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The three-day British Council’s annual conference titled “Going Global 2014” for leaders of international education starts at the Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC), Miami, USA from today (Tuesday). The conference will be concluded on May 1. Each year Going Global attracts over 1,000 registered delegates from across the tertiary (further and higher) education sectors and a variety of other industries with perspectives on international education. ‘Inclusion, Innovation and Impact’ is the main theme of this year’s Going Global 2014 Conference....
The Dhaka University (DU) Syndicate on Sunday granted force-leave to a teacher of the Physics Department on the charge of misconduct with a senior teacher of the department. The teacher identified as Professor ABM Obaidul Islam is also former General Secretary of DU Teachers’ Association. The syndicate decided it in its regular meeting held on Sunday night. The pro-BNP members in the syndicate protested the decision and urged for review. When contacted, Professor ABM Obaidul Islam said that the syndicate...
The nation will celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year 1421, amid much enthusiasm and traditional gaiety as thousands of...
Five left leaning student organisations on Tuesday branded spokesman of Gonojagoran Mancha Dr. Imran. H. Sarker as undemocratic as he has taken many decisions ignoring the suggestions of other leaders of the Mancha. They made the allegations against Imran at a press conference at Madhur Canteen of Dhaka University. JSD (Inu) backed Bangladesh Chhatra League President Shamsul Islam Sumon presided over the conference while Bangladesh Chhatra Moitree President Bappaditya Basu read out the written statement.“We chose Imran to run the...
The Dhaka University is going to organise its 48th convocation today (Monday) with mass festivity on the campus. President Abdul Hamid Advocate, who is also chancellor of the university, will preside over the ceremony while Professor Rolf Heuer, Director General of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), will attend the function as the convocation speaker. Rolf Heuer will also be honoured with the Doctor of Science degree.Vice-Chancellor of the university Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique told The New Nation...
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Dhaka University (DU) unit, on Tuesday brought out a procession on the university campus protesting the attack on BCL, Rajshahi University (RU) unit, leaders Masud Hasan and Togor M Salehi. The procession started from in front of the Modhus’s Canteen and ended at the base of Aparajeyo Bangla after parading different roads of the university. Later, they held a rally there. The BCL leaders demanded arrest and exemplary punishment to those who were involved in the...
A three-day long photo exhibition begins from today, focusing the Rana Plaza Tragedy (Tuesday) on the Dhaka University (DU) campus. The photos of about 60 photojournalists of home and abroad on the tragedy will be displayed under the banyan tree near the Teacher-Student Center (TSC). The exhibition will be formally inaugurated by William Hanna, European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh, in the Games Room of the TSC. DU Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique will attend the programme as the special guest....
At least 10 journalists were injured when doctors of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital attacked them with rods and sticks...
At least 20 people, including 16 students, were injured in a clash between the students of Dhaka University and businessmen...
The British Council Bangladesh and the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DoSHE) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a view to raising the standards of Secondary Education in Bangladesh at the office of DoSHE in Shikkha Bhabon. Director General of DoSHE Professor Fahima Khatun and Director Partnership and Programmes of British Council Robin Davies and Deputy Project Director Mushfiqur Rahman were present during the signing programme. The officials of British Council Bangladesh said, the British Council...
The leaders of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of the ruling Awami League, on Saturday said, the Gonojagoron Mancha has been isolated from the people as the mancha leaders are working against the people’s interests. “Imran H Sarker, spokesman of Mancha, is a liar and unscrupulous man. He was to run the Mancha on the right track. But now he is working against the people’s interests. That is why the people has rejected him and the mancha,” they...