Category: University

Provosts for student bodies’ co-existence - dainik shiksha

RUCSU POLLS Provosts for student bodies’ co-existence

Without ensuring co-existence of student organisations in halls, no election to the university’s central students’ union or hall unions can be held in free and fair manner, observed the provosts of halls of residences of Rajshahi University on Thursday. ‘At present, there is no favourable environm

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

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

Buet students continue protests

Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) today continued their protest for the fifth consecutive day to press home their 16-point demand including cancellation of the new recruitment order of director of student's welfare. The protesters are boycotting all the academi

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 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

Prof Shireen made acting VC of CU

Prof Shireen Akhter of Bengali language and literature department was appointed as acting vice chancellor (VC) of Chittagong University yesterday. In this regard, the education ministry issued a gazette notification yesterday, which said she will discharge the routine duty of the VC until the new V

Missing IU student found alive after 5 days

An Islamic University student was found alive on Thursday, five days after he had gone missing. The victim was identified as Abdullah Al-Mamun, 24, son of Siddique Mollah. He is a student of Al-Quran and Islamic studies department and hails from Satkhira. Mamun had gone missing from Jashore on Satu

Question Leak, Admission Cheat: 87 DU students to be charged

Following an investigation for one and a half years, the police have finalised a charge sheet against 87 students of Dhaka University and 38 others over their alleged involvement in question leak and cheating their way into the university. The charge sheet will be submitted to court after the Eid-u