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Arab school kids told ‘turn on the TV’ for lessons at home

Either on television as in Libya or on tablets in the IT-savvy Gulf monarchies, in the time of novel coronavirus millions of schoolchildren around the Arab world are now learning lessons at home. Governments across the region have shuttered schools forcing pupils to stay away in a bid to combat the ...

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DU VC condoles death of Professor Burhanuddin

Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman condoled the death of Ekushey Padak winner and former Professor of DU Political Science Department Dr Burhanuddin Khan Jahangir.In a condolence message, on Monday, Professor Akhtaruzzaman expressed his profound shock at death of eminent ...

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Prof Akhtaruzzaman mourns death of Sultana Zaman

Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman condoled the death of DU Professor Emeritus Dr Sultana Sarwat Ara Zaman. In a condolence message, on Monday, Professor Akhtaruzzaman expressed his profound shock at death of noted academician and psychologist Dr Sultana Sarwat Ara Zaman ...

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Teachers brave digital classrooms as coronavirus closes schools

Limiting screen time and telling students to hush are things of the past now that coronavirus has many teachers swapping whiteboards for laptops. Ten days after transitioning online, French and Spanish teacher Constance Du Bois says the current situation has “nothing to do with classroom teach...

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Coronavirus outbreak: Here’s what schools, teachers and students should do

Coronavirus outbreak has spread trepidation across the globe with a rising number of positive cases and tragic deaths. Schools, colleges, and other public places have been closed. People are asked to stay at home unless there is an urgent need to step out of the house. Everything is in a temporary l...

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President for conducting quality research in universities

President Abdul Hamid on Thursday stressed the need for conducting quality research in all universities. He came up with the observation when new Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals Major General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban in the afterno...

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BU students make hand sanitisers, distribute it for free

Bangladesh University Innovation Lab and Pharmacy department jointly, are making hand sanitizers, which are much in demand, and giving them for free to the public amid the public health emergency caused by COVID-19.In the first phase of the programme, 10 thousand bottles of hand sanitiser gel (70ml)...

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Two Bangabandhu’s murals opened at IU

The authorities of Islamic University opened two mural of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahma at the campus in Kushtia on Tuesday.IU Vice Chancellor Professor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari inaugurated the murals installed in front of Jatirpita Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall of t...

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Sheikh Hasina University celebrates birth centenary of Bangabandhu

Sheikh Hasina University in Netrokona celebrated birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a befitting manner on Tuesday.As per the directive of education ministry, the university authority limited its scheduled programmes and celebrated Bangabandhu’s birth c...

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Panel discussion on life of Bangabandhu held at NDC

National Defence College at Mirpur Cantonment organised a Panel Discussion on “Life of Bangabandhu” on Monday to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Mafidul Hoque, Board of Trustee, Liberation War Museum, moderated the session.Former Director General of Bangla ...

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Int’l Mathematics Day observed at IU

The international Mathematics Day was observed at Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Saturday.Teachers and students of Mathematics Department brought out a colourful procession led by Associate Professor Anisur Rahman, acting chairman of the department, from in front of Nuclear Scientist Dr MA Wa...

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JU sets to celebrate Bangabandhu’s birth centenary

The authority of Jahangirnagar University has chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children’s Day-2020 today.On this day in 1920, Bangabandhu, the vivacious leader of the Bangalee nation, th...

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DU chalks out elaborate programmes marking Mujib Borsho

The Dhaka University (DU) authorities have chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today.The programmes include placing wreath, holding discussion, cutting cake, releasing balloons and offering prayers, said a press ...

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Google launches a website dedicated to coronavirus edn

Google launches a website on Monday focused on providing up-to-date information about coronavirus education and prevention.The site is a separate project from the testing and triage website being built by Google sister company Verily, which will also go live Monday but will only provide services for...

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RU to build Bangabandhu Complex on Mujib Barsho

Rajshahi University (RU) is going to construct Bangabandhu Complex on its campus to mark the ‘Mujib Borsha’, the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, aimed at preserving the important information and documents on Bangabandhu.A five-storey Bangabandhu...

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EWU arranges seminar on coronavirus

The Department of Social Relations of East West University organised a seminar on 'Corona Virus: Awareness and Prevention' at the SM Nousher Ali Lecture Gallery, EWU campus, Aftabnagar, Dhaka recently. Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, National Institute of Preventive and ...

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School in Wash project plays significant role in Gaibandha

School in Wash project has been playing significant role in ensuring hygiene for the students of the secondary schools under Palashbari upazila of the district since September, 2016.SKS Foundation, a local reputed NGO, is implementing the project in the upazila with the financial support of Water Ai...

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29 students get Bangabandhu higher education stipend

A total of 29 meritorious but insolvent students were given Bangabandhu higher education stipend to mark the Mujib Borsho 2020, birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Asha, one of the country’s leading NGOs, disbursed the financial support in a function a...

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Bangladesh History Association postpones int’l conference

Bangladesh History Association on Tuesday postponed its 20th Annual International conference that was scheduled to be held in National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM) from March 20-21.The Association took the decision in an emergency meeting, said a press release signed by association&rsqu...

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National Disaster Preparedness Day observed at DU

The National Disaster Preparedness Day- 2020 was observed on Tuesday on Dhaka University campus in a befitting manner. To mark the day, teachers and students of DU Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies (IDMVS), led by university’s Vice Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Md Akhta...