BUET, LafargeHolcim join hands on building solutions
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited (LHBL) a member of Holcim Group, the global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions and Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) one of the most trusted institutions in Bangladesh joined hands to conduct research together on building solutions with an aim to introduce customized sustainable building solutions for the country that will help to reduce the cost of construction and also protect the environment.
In this regard, a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between LHBL and the Research and Innovation Centre for Science and Engineering (RISE) of BUET. Prof. Satya Prasad Majumder, Vice-Chancellor, BUET and Rajesh Surana, Chief Executive Officer of LHBL signed the Memorandum of Agreement on behalf of their res...
Rights education: A value-added learning in the pedagogy
A. R. Farrukh Ahamed
Getting an education is a basic human right. It is also the same to get education regarding human rights. So, getting human rights education is, no doubt, a basic human right. The right to education is now synonymous with the right to human rights education considered almost worldwide as a precondition of quality education.
Bangladesh has successfully achieved a record of almost 100 percent enrollment in primary education after a l...
Moral Learning: Looking beyond the present syllabi
‘Where is morality?’, if one asks, then nobody seems to hesitate to answer, it is nowhere now in Bangladesh. It has become now a million-dollar question as from the high ups of the country to the pious cleric, politicians, businessmen, bureaucrats, university teachers to poor schoolmasters; nobody is spared from the allegations of corruption. When talks about such moral degradation emerge in a city seminar or either in a village tea stall gossiping, usually it blames the education system of the country to be responsible for making more heinous minds among the educated ones. No wonder it makes when a news report reveals that a university teacher is accused of harassing his female student sexually, or...A. R. Farrukh Ahamed
US launches STEM education initiatives for women, girls
The US embassy here today launched a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education initiative for Bangladesh’s women and girls.
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller inaugurated the “Strengthening U.S.-Bangladesh Sustainable Relationship by Developing Student-centered STEM Education” project at BRAC Inn in the capital.
While inaugurating the project, Miller recognised the contributions of women to different sectors in Bangladesh and across the world, highlighting the importance of encouraging and supporting women and girls to pursue education and careers in STEM...
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller inaugurated the “Strengthening U.S.-Bangladesh Sustainable Relationship by Developing Student-centered STEM Education” project at BRAC Inn in the capital.
While inaugurating the project, Miller recognised the contributions of women to different sectors in Bangladesh and across the world, highlighting the importance of encouraging and supporting women and girls to pursue education and careers in STEM...
Robi, UGC sign MoU to facilitate online education for university students
University Grants Commission (UGC) has signed an MoU today with the country’s leading digital service provider, Robi. The agreement provides an affordable means for the University teachers and students of the country to conduct their educational activities online.
Under the agreement, Robi will provide 30 GB data pack with 30 days validity at an affordable rate to any University willing to take up the facility.
Robi’s Chief Enterprise Business Officer, Md. Adil Hossain and UGC’s Secretary, Dr. Ferdous Zaman signed the agreement on behalf of their res...
Robi’s Chief Enterprise Business Officer, Md. Adil Hossain and UGC’s Secretary, Dr. Ferdous Zaman signed the agreement on behalf of their res...
