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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

Creator of Spider-Man passes away

As a writer and editor, Lee was key to the ascension of Marvel into a comic book titan in the 1960s when, in collaboration with artists such as Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he created superheroes who would enthrall generations of young readers. “He felt an obligation to his fans to keep creating,” h

IU publishes ‘A’ unit admission test results

The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia published the results of ‘A’ unit admission test under Theology and Islamic Studies Faculty for 2018-19 academic session of the university on Tuesday. ‘A’ unit coordinator Professor AFM M Akbar Hossain handed the results over to the university vice-c

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

Walton initiates its online sales promotion ‘e-Plaza’

The local multinational electronics giant ‘Walton’ has initiated its online sales promotion titled ‘E-plaza’ so that customers could make online purchase of wide ranges of appliances of the local brand. Walton Group’s Director SM Mahbubul Alam inaugurated the ‘e-Plaza’ as the chief guest at the “

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

DU’s home eco admission test registration ends Nov 13

Online registration for Dhaka University’s home economics unit admission tests for the academic session of 2018-2019 will end on November 13. Students seeking enrolment at Home Economics College had been asked to register online by November 13, said a DU press release issued on Saturday. The one-ho

Students address diverse issues thru photographs

Students of different government and private universities have brought contemporary issues to the fore at a three-day inter-university photography exhibition under way at National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Students have depicted issues like students’ movement for road safety, na

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

5pc increment for non-govt edu teachers, employees announced

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday announced ‘Boishakhi Festival’ allowance and 5 percent increment for teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions, who are now under monthly pay order (MPO). She made the announcement while distributing cheques of seed money among nine o

bKash organizes AML&CFT training

addressing in a training program on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism (AML&CFT) organized by mobile financial service provider bKash Limited for its agents and distributors of Chapainawabganj district recently.

Two held for leaking JSC question papers

The Detective Branch of police on Monday detained two youths for their alleged involvement in leaking of question papers for Junior School Certificate examination in Jashore. The detainees, picked up from Taherpur upazila, were identified as Hadiuzzaman, 38, and Krishna Mitra, 25, from Monirampur

Cattle market on school ground

A cattle market has been sitting every Sunday on the ground of a high school in Ghatail upazila for the last three decades, hampering classes and sports activities of the institution and creating health hazards due to cow dung and foul smell. Around 700 students of Hasan Ali Public High School at K

Students kidnapped from Cameroon School

Numerous students were kidnapped from a boarding school early Monday in a part of Cameroon where separatists are waging a violent battle to break away and form their own country. The students were kidnapped either late Sunday or early Monday from a Presbyterian boarding school in Nkwen, a small vill

ACC raids school charging extra for SSC exam registration

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday conducted a drive in a school in Hazaribagh of Dhaka for charging extra money for the registration of Secondary School Certificate examination. The sudden drive was conducted at Saleha High School and College on receiving allegations that the school was char

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