‘Battle of Minds’ is a great opportunity for the young talent who dreams of success in life,” said Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq at the Grand Finale of Battle of Minds, a recruitment platform of British American Tobacco Bangladesh on Monday (Oct 24). Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University won the Battle of the Minds 2016. BUET became the first runners-up, followed by North South University. The grand final of the Battle of Minds arranged by British American Tobacco Bangladesh was <...

With an aim to provide an opportunity to build networks with both the British Council and other non-governmental organisations working in the girl child space, to understand the work and challenges around girl child education in Bangladesh, and to discuss where the gender data gaps are, the British Council recently organised a panel discussion at British Council 5 Fuller Road office. The theme of this year’s panel discussion was ‘Girls’ Progress = Goal’s Progress”. During the occasion, participants and speakers discussed how the collection of comprehensive,

The International Turkish Hope School (ITHS) is keen on raising awareness regarding societal matter that require attention. In addition to the activities conducted in the recent past regarding awareness development against any violence and to develop moral and cultural values, it has also recently held an activity to raise awareness about the recent violence against women among its students and teachers. The students prepared various placards with messages against violence towards women for the event, holding th...

Department of English, BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT) organized a symposium on “Representation of ‘Other’ in Media: The Context of Bangladesh” at 02:30 pm in Room number 901. Prof Dr Nizamuddin Ahmed, Vice-Chancellor, BUFT, inaugurated the symposium. Mr Ali Azgor Talukder, Associate Professor and Head, Department of English, delivered the welcome speech. A panel of four speakers namely Mohiul Islam, Sr. Lecturer, Israt Taslim, Lecturer, Mahmuda Iasmin, Sr. Lecturer, and Mr. Prokash Chandra Sharkar, Sr. Lecturer...

Department of Politics and Government Chair Ali Riaz speaks about his new book on Bangladesh’s political history at the University of California-Berkeley. Department of Politics and Government Chair Ali Riaz spoke October 18 at the Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California-Berkeley about his new book, titled Bangladesh: A Political History since Independence. Riaz said in his presentation that writing the history of Bangladesh has become challenging task because all regimes...

Recently 11 students from the various departments of BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology (BUFT) got “President Scholarship-2016” in Masters Program at Wuhan Textile University (WTU), China under education collaboration agreement between BUFT and WTU. The students selected for the scholarship are Md. Moshiur Rahman, Md. Rasel Mia, Md. Raihan Sikder, Saifur Rahman, Rajon Ahmed, Mustary Akter Jhumu from the Department of Apparel Manufacture & Technology (AMT), Md. Abu Yousuf and Ramjan Ali from the Department o...