DU students charged dorm, transport fees despite closure

Though they didn’t use dormitory and transport facilities for around a year and half, Dhaka University students will have to pay for those.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Copying Others’ Work: Two teachers of Pabna univ accused

Two assistant professors of Pabna University of Science and Technology have allegedly plagiarised from a book in their joint paper published in an academic journal last month.
30 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Prof Syed A Ahad passes away

Prof Syed A Ahad, founder general member of the North South University (NSU) Trust, passed away at Labaid Hospital, Dhaka yesterday.
12 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh flag hoisted at Dhaka University

In a historic student rally held at Dhaka University premises, the first Bangladesh flag was hoisted. The flag was dark green with a red sphere in the centre on which the outline of East Pakistan map was superimposed.
1 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Attack on Students: JU sues 250 unnamed villagers

Jahanginagar University authorities yesterday filed a case against 250 unnamed locals who allegedly attacked students on Friday evening over a cricket match.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Row Over Cricket Match: 30 JU students hurt in clashes with villagers

At least 30 students were injured in clashes between students of Jahangirnagar University and villagers in Savar’s Gerua Bazar yesterday evening.
19 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Final-Year Students: DU likely to reopen dormitories next month

After a year of closure due to the coronavirus outbreak, the provost committee of Dhaka University (DU) has finally recommended opening residential halls by the first week of March for its final-year and last-semester examinees at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
26 January 2021, 18:00 PM

No science, arts or commerce in secondary education: A good idea?

The new curriculum subjects include Life and Livelihood, Digital Technology, Well-Being, and Art and Culture, while all students will be required to study Science and Social Science.
24 November 2020, 15:29 PM

Handmade bicycles right here in Bangladesh

Despite coming from a civil engineering background, Md Abu Noman Shaikat found himself at the helm of Bikesmith, a bicycle enterprise where anyone can get a two-wheeler made according to their desired specifications.
16 October 2020, 18:00 PM

A women-only hostel where safety comes first

The state of gender relations in Bangladesh stands at such a precarious position that the lived experience of all women, across any strata, is filled with fear, anxiety, and even paranoia.
9 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Youngsters return to nets

Players and coaches are returning to the practice nets, and getting back into their previous schedules.
21 September 2020, 18:00 PM

No clicks and clatter at photocopy centres

In the crunch of the pandemic, when academic institutions and many physical workplaces are closed, these small businesses are gradually sliding into a state of deep crisis.
14 September 2020, 18:00 PM

A surgeon of film cameras

In this era of digital photography, we’ve almost forgotten about the time when the art form required much more tedious work. In fact, with the old 35mm film cameras, the whole process of taking a photo and getting to see how it came out, could take days. All that can be achieved in a matter of seconds now.
7 September 2020, 18:00 PM

What Do Students Eat?

"Student meals" in Bangladesh is synonymous with unhealthy food.
18 March 2020, 18:00 PM

BRAC University’s SLL: Experiential learning at its finest

The SLL program an exercise where students attending the RS are tasked with the duties of the staff at the residential campus.
17 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Describing your university life using anime genres

Adventure: Fresher days are always adventurous no matter which university you’re in. The intriguing thought of entering into a new academic world full of new and wonderful possibilities will always keep you on the edge.
8 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Realisations that hit us too late at university

You know how we always realise the mistakes we make only when it is too late for us to undo them? Well, it turns out that this instinctive habit of ours ends up haunting our university life as well.
17 April 2019, 18:00 PM

A way to evaluate student performance

How do you measure a student's progress? Grades may not be it.
12 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Understanding people from the way they code

This article will help you decode yourself.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM

The types of examinees we meet in an exam hall

There is one sad but mighty word in the dictionary of our daily lives though all that it does is tear up the pages of that dictionary: Exams. Sadly, all of us have to face this catastrophe once or twice or a thousand times in our lives. So brace yourselves for the odd encounters with the following people:
19 September 2018, 18:00 PM