No university of Bangladesh – neither public nor private-has found any place at the top level of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University ranking of 2022.The positions of Dhaka University (DU) and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) remained unchanged at 801-1000, a very abysmal show at the global stage.Besides, Bangladesh’s two top private universities-Brac University and North South University – have got their places at 1001-1200.QS does not assign specific positions for universities rated below 500.But the universities in...
City Desk :State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki called for giving equal opportunities to boy and girl children so that they can contribute equally to the national development.She made the call on Saturday while speaking as the chief guest at a reception to meritorious students and mothers’ rally organised by Kaliganj Upazila Council.The state minister stressed the need for creating awareness among the mothers for expansion of education.“The children of today would lead the nation in...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, said that regional cooperation in information and communication technology would lead the country forward.He said this on Saturday while talking to Secretary General of the Asia-Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) Paul Wilson who met him at his Hare Road residence.The minister praised APNIC’s work in expanding the information and communication technology in the region. “We, too, are working for a rapid expansion of digital technology in the country under the leadership of Prime minister...
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said there will be no relieve for countrymen until the fall of the illegal, autocratic and corrupt government.“Fire is everywhere now. Houses of people are burning, slums in Dhaka are burning. Ruling party men have become desperate to grab lands. The whole nation is insecured. There is no security of life here,” he said on Sunday while distributing relief items and clothes among Mohammadpur Johuri Mahalla slum dwellers who are hit hard...
Bangladesh Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday celebrated the 98th birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children’s Day with due dignity and festivity. The day’s programme began by placing of floral wreaths in front of the portrait of Bangabandhu at the Chancery.Ambassador, officials and staff of the mission, representatives of the SAARC Secretariat, Bangladesh Biman officials, members of the expatriate Bangladesh community living in Kathmandu and children from various local schools were present. Later,...
University Grants Commission (UGC)Prof Abdul Mannan, Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bnagladesh yesterday expressed profound shock at the tragic death of four students of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET). The four students of Textile Engineering Department of 2013-2014 academic sessoin were killed in a gas line explosion at Bhaluka in Mymensingh. The blast took place in a building on 25 March 2018. They went Bhaluka and rented a flat for doing their internships. In a condolence message,...
The Liberation War Museum authorities will accord a reception today to the people who helped in building the museum.The function will be held at the auditorium of Liberation War Museum in the city’s Agargaon area at 3pm, said a press release on Thursday.Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury and Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will attend the function.Patrons, architecture members, entrepreneurs and life members of the museum will be honoured at the function, the release...
DiscussionBangabndhu Academy organises a discussion on ‘Ongoing politics’ at the Institution of Engineers’Bangladesh in the city’s Kakrail today at 10:30 am.Cultural programme ‘Ganobandhu Samajik Sangstha Bangladesh’ organises a cultural programme and discussion on the occasion of International Mother Language Day and Valentines Day in the Hall Room of the National Press Club today at 3 pm.DiscussionJatiya Ganotantrik League organises a discussion on the occasion of 45th death anniversary of Shaheed Surgeant Zahurul Haque in the Seminar Room of the Central Public...
