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Free school set up for slum children in Rajshahi

Merely two years ago, Antor Ahmed used to feel jealous to see anyone walk past him in a school uniform. ‘I always felt jealous as I couldn’t wear a school dress and couldn’t go to school,’ said ten-year old Antor who used to work at a furniture shop in Rajshahi town. Parents of this ill-fated boy,

42nd death anniversary of Maulana Bhasani today

The 42nd death anniversary of veteran politician Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani will be observed across the country today. Popularly known as “Majlum Jananeta”, the leader of the downtrodden Maulana Bhasani, passed away on November 17 in 1976. To mark the day, different parties and organisations

Japan cyber security minister never used computer

A Japanese minister in charge of cyber security has provoked astonishment by admitting he has never used a computer in his professional life, and appearing confused by the concept of a USB drive. Yoshitaka Sakurada, 68, is the deputy chief of the government’s cyber security strategy office and also

IU gets three new deans

Islamic University (IU) authorities appointed new deans to three faculties on Wednesday. IU Vice-chancellor Prof M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari appointed the deans to their respective faculties for the next three years, said acting IU Registrar SM Abdul Latif. Prof Nasim Banu of Public Administration de

Number of Bangladeshi students in US increases by 4.9pc in 2018

The number of students from Bangladesh in the United States increased by 4.9 percent during the last school year, beating the international average increase of 1.5 percent. A total of 7,496 students have been admitted to different educational institutions in the US, according to 2018 Open Doors Rep

Spanish delegation calls on DU VC

An eight-member Spanish delegation paid a courtesy call on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman today at the latter’s office. Prof. Maria Josefa Martinez Lopez, Head of Inditex Chair of Spanish Language and Culture led the delegation. Other members of the deleg

Skill development programme of DUCC held

A skill development programme for the members of Dhaka University Career Club (DUCC) was held at Bangladesh Shishu Academy today. DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md. Akhtaruzzaman addressed the function as the chief guest, said a DU press release. A website of the organisation was also launched at

Student held for cheating in SUST entry test

Police detained a student, who has recently passed the entry test of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology under ‘B unit’ for the academic session 2018-19, for cheating in the examination. The accused student is Rashik Marjan, hailing from Pirganj thana in Rangpur district and he obtained

IUBAT teacher growing sweet grapes on campus

International University of Business Agriculture and Technology agricultural science Professor Mohammed Ataur Rahman claims that he is growing black grapes on the university campus at Uttara in Dhaka under a successful experiment. The professor told News Age that he had been trying to grow black gr

Mashrafee, Sakib to collect AL nomination paper

Bangladesh cricket skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza and Bangladesh Test and Twenty20 skipper Sakib al Hasan are going to collect the ruling Awami League’s nomination papers for the upcoming 11th parliamentary polls on Sunday. The cricketers phoned AL general secretary and road transport and bridges mi

School offers more than education

Children at Sirajganj's Kagmari char are now free from the hassle of making risky journeys to school on boats. They thank O Aa Ka Kha School, the brainchild of Sirajganj resident Dr Nazmul Islam, for that. The school not only saves the little learners' time but also provides them with education mate

IU ANFT dept gets new chairman

Professor Abul Kashem Talukdar has been made the new chairman of Applied Nutrition and Food Technology department of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia. IU Vice-chancellor Professor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari approved his appointment for the next three years, IU acting Registrar SM Abdul Latif told U

District administration extends support for Sohag’s admission

Rajshahi district administration has extended financial support towards university admission of a poor but meritorious student in the district today. Sohag Alam, son of extreme poor and day-labourer Akram Ali of Bebottor Binodpur village under Pakuria Union Parishad in Bagha Upazila of Rajshahi dis

Madrasa student electrocuted at Suhrawardy Udyan

A madrasa student died from electrocution during a rally of ulamas at the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan yesterday. Saiful Islam, 22, hailing from Brahmanbaria, was declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost. He came in contact with an electric

Hacked Facebook Private messages for sale

Hackers appear to have compromised and published private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook users' accounts. The perpetrators told the BBC Russian Service that they had details from a total of 120 million accounts, which they were attempting to sell, although there are reasons to be sceptical a

DU terminates 3 teachers for irregularities

The Dhaka University authorities on Wednesday terminated three teachers on charge of irregularities. The decision was taken at the syndicate meeting on Wednesday with Vice-chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman in the chair, said Prof DASM Maksud Kamal, president of Dhaka University Teachers Association a

DU to publish draft voters roll today

Dhaka University is going to publish today the draft voters’ roll for its long-awaited elections to the university central student union that has remained dysfunctional for more than two decades. Vice-chancellor Professor Akhtaruzzaman would publish the draft voters’ roll at Abdul Matin Chowdhury di

Bijoy Phul competition for students goes on across countr

The first ever countrywide ‘Bijoy Phul’ making competition for students up to Class XII at all educational institutions are being held from October 17 in memory of Liberation War martyrs. The competition which will continue till December 13 also includes story and poem writing, poem recitation, dr

RU ‘E’ unit results published

The results of the first-year honors admission test of Rajshahi University (RU) ‘E’ unit (Social Science and Law Faculties and Education and Research Institute) under the 2018-2019 academic session were published on Monday. A total of 3,480 candidates out of 32, 000 were selected for viva-voce of