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Bangladesh centre at Visva Bharati soon

Strengthening the cultural connect with neighbouring Bangladesh, the Visva Bharati University at Santiniketan in West Bengal is in talks to set up an exclusive centre at the campus, an official said Thursday. BiawabharatiAfter centres were established by the governments of Japan and China at the campus, the varsity officials are chalking out plans for a proposed Bangladesh Bhavan following a visit from Bangladesh government officials this week. "Yes we are discussing about the set-up. It will be primar...

Students, university attacked in central Venezuela

Venezuela-Protests.JPEG-00d19At least three people were wounded Tuesday in the central Venezuela city of Barquisimeto when student protesters blocking streets were attacked by unknown gunmen, a university official in the city said. The attacks came one day after a student leader was shot to death by unidentified attackers in the western city of San Cristobal.   Francesco Leone, rector of the Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado in Barquisimeto, said two protesters suffered bullet wounds while...

Dr. Farzana Islam becomes the country’s first female VC

Dr Farzana Islam, a professor of Anthropology department, was appointed the country’s first-ever female Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Sunday for four years. ju-vcA gazette notification in this regard was issued after President Abdul Hamid gave the appointment. On February 20 this year, Senate members of the university elected a three-member Vice Chancellor panel for the appointment of a VC to the university, from which the President picked Dr Farzana who bagged the highest 40 votes out of 70. The other two members of the...

Coca-Cola helps school students in Gazipur

Senior officials of Coca-Cola, UN HABITAT and Plan Bangladesh spent a day with school students from two primary schools in Sreepur, Gazipur district as part of Coca-Cola Bangladesh’s sustainability campaign ‘Support My School (SMS)’. picture 2Under the SMS Campaign, Coca-Cola Bangladesh is providing sanitation facilities, clean drinking water and recreation amenities in schools around Bangladesh as well as building awareness among school students about protecting and conserving the environment. The campaign aims to address issues in schools ...

SSC Exams start tomorrow

ssc-examThe Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations for 2014 will begin across the country on Sunday. A total of 1,432,727 students are set to appear in the examinations in 2, 942 centres. Of them, 733,202 are male and 699,525 are female. At a press conference on Saturday, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said all preparation have been taken for holding the examination without any hindrance. Asked about the question paper leak in Primary Terminal Examination, Nahid said the government has taken action against those invo...

Project building children from Port Talbot, Bangladesh praised

A project bringing together children from Port Talbot and Bangladesh has been praised by the British High Commissioner for the country — who also comes from the town. Robert Gibson CMG was brought up in Margam, but has since lived all over the world, and has been at the British High Commission in Dhaka since 2011. While in St David’s Church, Margam, at Christmas, he heard that British Council grant funded project, Connecting Classrooms, had reached the town, and set about to visit the schools involved. children BritishFou...
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