Chittagong University of Engineering and Science (CUET) is going to be started a ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Information & Communication Technology’ course which is approved in the first meeting of the board of governors in the Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT) on Thursday, said in a press release.
The meeting was presided over by Prof. Md. Jahangir Alam, Vice-chancellor and president of the boards of governors while other members of the governing bodies were pre...
Legendary actress Suchitra Sen, who was also called Bengal’s Greta Garbo, died in Kolkata at 82 today.
The health condition of the actress had been in hospital since December 23 for treatment for a respiratory tract infection.
Ms Sen began her career with the Bengali film ‘Shesh Kothay’ in 1952 and is known for her role in Bimal Roy’s ‘Devdas’ (1955) and ‘Aandhi’ (1975).
Ms Sen was also the first Indian actress to be awarded at an international film festival – Best Actress award for ‘Saptapadi’ at the Moscow film fest...
Small and Medium Enterprise Foundation (SME Foundation) allocated Tk 3 crore for the light engineering entrepreneurs of Dholaikhal and adjacent areas on the outskirt of the capital on Thursday.
The SME Foundation signed an agreement with Midas Financing Ltd which will enable the investors in the light engineering industry at Dholaikhal to get loan at a single-digit interest rate, reports UNB.
SME Foundation managing director Md Ihsanul Karim and Midas Financing Ltd managing director ...
The World Bank (WB) has approved $410 million to improve municipal governance and basic urban services in district towns and municipalities in Bangladesh and benefit 3.4 million people in around 100 urban communities across the country.
The Municipal Governance and Service Project will provide financial support to 26 urban government bodies with high economic growth and job creation potential, located along growth corridors leading from Dhaka towards Chittagong, Rangpur, Sylhet, Mymensingh. It will also cover three district towns in the south.
“Bangladesh experienced some of the most rapid urbanization in South Asia. Yet, the cities offer inadequate infrastructure and low levels of urban services, particularly in district towns and municipa...
The Bangladeshi expatriates working in the Kingdom heaved a sigh of relief following a recent announcement by their government that Saudi Arabia would recruit more laborers from the country.
Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, Bangladesh expatriate welfare minister, had announced that Saudi Arabia would be recruiting 400 more laborers from Bangladesh.
Their immigration process would be accomplished at a much lower price of 17,500 Taka each, as against the hefty amount of up to 500,000 Taka they used to pay agents to come to Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad Jahangir, a Bangladeshi working i...
DhakaUniversity (DU) Pro-Vice Chancellor (Admin.) Prof. Dr. Shahid Akhtar Hossain is seen distributing certificates among the participants of a week-long training program on “The Use, Maintenance and Trouble-shooting of Ultra-Violet, Visible and Infrared Spectrophotometer (UV-VIS & IR)” at the concluding session of the program on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at the Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS) of the university.
The training program was organized by Network of Instrument Techn...
The meeting was presided over by Prof. Md. Jahangir Alam, Vice-chancellor and president of the boards of governors while other members of the governing bodies were pre...
