Category: University

CU BCL gets new committee

The new committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s Chittagong University (CU) unit was announced on Saturday night. Former vice-president Rezaul Haq Rubel and former publication and publicity secretary Iqbal Hossain Tipu were made president and general secretary of the new committee. The announceme

Missing university student’s body found in river

The body of the university student, who went missing on Sunday in a river at Companiganj upazila in Sylhet, was recovered from the river on Tuesday night. Companiganj police officer-in-charge Tajul Islam confirmed the news of recovering the body of Hasanur Rahman Abir, 24, a third-year civil engin

RU BCL president among 7 sued for extortion

A local trader has sued seven leaders of Rajshahi University unit Bangladesh Chhatra League including its president for extortion, issuing death threat, and looting litchi orchard. Chhatra League leaders and activists on Wednesday at a demonstration demanded withdrawal of the case filed against the

JnU students besiege VC office demanding election

Students of Jagannath University on Thursday staged demonstration and besieged the office of the vice-chancellor to press home their demands for central students’ union election and others. Their demands include formation of a special committee for Jagannath University Central Students Union electi

350 DU students get scholarships

350 financially poor students of different departments under the Faculty of Business Studies of Dhaka University (DU) were awarded with scholarships on Thursday. DU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman distributed the scholarships in a programme at the conference room of Business Studies Facul

Jahangirnagar University: 60 injured in BCL infighting

At least 60 people including two teachers, two journalists and a policeman were injured in a factional clash of Bangladesh Chhatra League on Jahangirnagar Uni-versity campus yesterday. Mehedi Iqbal, assistant professor at the Department of Geography and Environ-ment, and Mohibur Rouf Shaibal, assis

Benajir Ahmed elected NSU board of trustees chairman

Freedom fighter Benajir Ahmed was unanimously elected as chairman of the board of trustees of North South University on Sunday. He is one of the founders and a life member of NSU, said a press release. Benajir, a businessman, is managing director and CEO of Raymond Group of Industries as well as se

BSMMU announces budget of Tk 528.4 crore for FY 2019-20

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Saturday announced Tk 528.4 crore budget for fiscal year 2019-20, which is up by 24.34 per cent from last year’s budget of Tk 424.95 crore. The university treasurer Atiqur Rahman announced the budget at its Milan Hall, where the vice-chancellor Kanak K

DU Question Leak: Arrest warrant issued against 78

A Dhaka court today issued arrest warrant against 78 fugitives including 41 students of Dhaka University in a case filed over their alleged involvement in question leak. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sarafuzzaman Ansary passed the order as Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police of CID Sumon

IU agrees to join unified admission test

The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia have agreed to join unified admission test to reduce hassles of the admission seekers and their guardians, IU registrar office officials said on Tuesday. The decision was made at 116th academic council meeting of the university with the university’s

IU resumes evening courses

The Islamic University in Kushtia has decided to resume evening courses at the university, said officials at the university’s registrar office. The university authorities had suspended the evening courses in the 242nd meeting of the university’s syndicate on October 2, 2018 in the face of students’

BUET students’ demands to be met: Dipu Moni

Education minister Dipu Moni on Thursday termed reasonable the movement by the agitating students of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and assured that their 16-point demands would be met within a shortest possible time. She said that all the demands of the students were reaso

JUCSU elections demanded

Students of Jahangirnagar University on Thursday formed a human chain demanding immediate elections of Jahangirnagar University Central Students Union. Under the banner ‘Bangladesh Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad’ the human chain was held at the premises of central Shahid Minar of the

HC asks BRTC, Sajan Paribahan to pay Tk 50 lakh to Rajib’s family

The High Court on Thursday directed the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation’s chairman and owners of Sajan Bus Company to equally pay Tk 50 lakh as compensation to two orphan minor brothers of road accident victim Rajib Hasan within two months. Rajib, a student of Govt Titumir College, died at a

RU classes resume June 24

Classes and other academic activities of Rajshahi University (RU) will resume from June 24 after a 47-day vacation marking the celebration of Eid-Ul-Fitr and summer holiday. Before that, students’ dormitories and the administrative activities of the university will reopen from June 23, said Prof. P

SUST team wins int’l apps contest, to visit NASA

A teachers-students squad of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology has recently won championship award of International Space Apps Challenge, a computer application development contest supported by NASA.The organisers have invited the team to visit the USA and NASA head office from July

IU ICE department gets new chairman

Associate professor Ashek Raihan Mahmud has been made chairman of the Information and Communication Engineering department of Islamic University in Kushtia. [inside-ad] He replaced associate professor Shariful Islam of the department, said SM Abdul Latif, acting registrar of the university, on Tues

IU publishes Fazil, Kamil exams' results

The results of Fazil second and third year final examinations of 2016 and Kamil third year final examination of 2017 under Islamic University in Kushtia have been published on Monday. IU vice-chancellor Professor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari published the results as the chief guest at his office at aro

Indian HC meets DU VC

Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das called on Dhaka University vice-chancellor Professor Akhtaruzzaman on Saturday at his office on the university campus. DU Jagannath Hall provost Professor Mihir Lal Saha and high officials of Indian High Commission were present on the occasion