The education ministry is actively considering a suggestion of a parliamentary watchdog to make MPs the heads of the public schools and colleges as they are now chairing the governing bodies of non-government secondary schools and colleges in their constituencies.
Six new private universities with reported links to Bangladesh’s ruling party have obtained the government’s approval. With only a few months left of tenure, the government approved the universities despite claims that most existing private higher education institutions are underperforming and struggling to attract students, reports Dhaka Tribune.
The mushroom growth of private universities in almost every nook and cranny of the big cities, especially the divisional headquarters, has for long been a cause for worry. Although initially, say in the early nineties, when private universities began to be housed in residential and commercial buildings, it did not raise many eyebrows as the public universities were not at all able to cope with the increasing demands for higher education.
Exim Bank Agriculture University, the country’s first private agriculture university in Chapainawabganj, started its journey yesterday creating new scopes for the students interested in higher education on agriculture.
The North South University (NSU) is one of the oldest, prestigious and expensive private universities in Bangladesh. It has been serving the cause of education for more than a decade. By this time, many students obtained undergraduate and graduate degrees from this university and moved overseas for higher education.
The Bangladesh Private Medical College Association has asked the health ministry to increase the quota for foreign students to 40% from the existing 25% for the current academic year (2013-2014).
Some of the private medical and dental colleges in the country are allegedly making millions of takas illegally by admitting local students in seats reserved for foreign students.
The Department of English at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) organises its Inter-University Students’ Conference and Cultural Competition for the third time. The two-day event began today at the ULAB auditorium commemorating the 200th death anniversary of British novelist Jane Austen and will end tomorrow, April 22, 2017, according to a release. The event is featuring students’ paper presentations on the first day and cultural competition on the second day. Students from 14 public and private universities, including Dhaka University, North South University, BRAC University, East West University, and ULAB, are participating in the event. Professor Fakrul Alam of Dhaka University, Professor Kamaluddin Ahmed of Chittagong University and Professor Mobasshera Khanam of National University were the judges of the academic papers on the first day of the event. Renowned actress Suborna Mustafa and Professor Sudip Chakraborty of Theatre and Performance Studies department of Dhaka University will be the judges of the cultural competition to be held on the second day of the event. Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Chowdhury of Dhaka University attended the opening ceremony of the programme as the chief guest, while the Country Director of British Council Barbara Wickham will be attending the closing ceremony as the chief guest, the release read.
Locally known as Rampal power project, a joint venture between India and Bangladesh, it has created tremendous resentment in the affected areas. In a chat with Nidheesh J. Villatt, Professor Muhammad says the project will destroy the Sundarbans. He says Indian and Bangladeshi big business would make a huge profit at the cost of the camaraderie between the people of two countries.
Published Research Article of Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences. JBES published 12 issue per year. Here is the February issue of 2011.
Moscow Times 3 October 2013 A subsidiary of Rosatom signed a contract with the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission on Wednesday to design the Rooppur nuclear power plant, the first of its kind in a country plagued with electricity shortages. Scheduled for completion by 2020, Russia may also provide up to $10 billion for the plant's construction.
In Kambodscha und Bangladesch sind Textilarbeiter erneut gegen ihre schlechten Arbeitsbedingungen auf die Straße gegangen. Die Polizei setzte Tränengas, Gummigeschosse und teilweise auch scharfe Munition ein. In Phnom Penh wurde eine Frau erschossen.
M. Khan, and A. Anttiroiko. Government e-Strategic Planning and Management, volume 3 of Public Administration and Information Technology, Springer New York, (2014)