Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Dhaka University (DU) have registered major drop in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2023 as compared to last year’s ranking. The rankings published on Wednesday cover a total of 54 subjects across five broad subject areas including Arts and Humanities, Engineering and Technology, […]
“We see that many universities cannot spend their research allocation while we are not getting enough funds. I draw the attention of the concerned authorities in this matter.” The welcome address was delivered by Mohd Anisuzzaman Talukar, Director, RISE. Dean of Faculty of Architecture and Planning Ishrat Islam, Chairman of Bangladesh Council of Scientific and […]
Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan, the father of Sabikunnahar Soni, who was killed in a shootout between two factions of the Chhatra Dal two decades ago, is fighting cancer. His family, struggling for treatment, is pleading with the government for help. After retirement, Habibur was diagnosed with cancer in September. His son Maqsudur Rahman Rana said that […]
Controversy over road accidents and casualties is not a new thing. In a recent Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) meeting, several government officials expressed their anger over road accident statistics published by various private organisations. Professor Moazzam Hossain, former director of the Accident Research Institute (ARI), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), talks about […]
A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred till February 14 the submission of the investigation report in a case filed in connection with the death of BUET student Fardeen Noor Parash, UNB reported. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shanta Islam Mallick fixed the new date as the investigating officer of the case failed to submit the report today. […]
Amatullah Bushra, friend of BUET student Fardeen Noor Parash, has been granted bail by a court two months after she was first detained in connection with his death. Dhaka’s Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court-7 Judge Tehseen Iftikhar granted him interim bail on Sunday. His bail will continue till the police submits the investigation report in the […]
The ASCE President said that the Padma Bridge demonstrated the ingenuity and determination that Bangladesh represents to the world. ASCE is one of the oldest civil engineering organizations in the world, established in 1852. The organization has over 150,000 members in 177 countries. Maria and her two colleagues from the organization were also very happy […]
Apart from 24 technical sessions, there will be four keynote sessions on FLEXMAT for Bank Security, Water Resource Management-Identification of Challenges, Atomic Energy and Environment, and Flash Flood organized by various national and international organizations. The conference will be a hybrid this year with Dhaka being held in Reston in Virginia, USA. The themes of […]
Team members of the ‘DU NotstrongEnough’ are Ayman Rashid, Jubayer Rahman Nirjhar, Ayon Shahriar. The competition was held on 24 December 2022 at various places in the world. A total of 67 teams from Pakistan, India, Iran, Bangladesh and Afghanistan were shortlisted for the competition, while 58 finally made it to the competition.
After that, he apparently went to a bridge at Keraniganj and then Johnson Road, Gulistan and Jatrabari respectively till 2 am. Then he went to Sultana Kamal Bridge at around 2:34 pm. A RAB spokesman said he was alone on the bridge as of 2:37 p.m. Police recovered Fardeen’s body from the Sheetlakshay river behind […]
“And there is no clear video of Fardeen jumping from Sultana Kamal Bridge in Demra. A ripple can be seen there, but it cannot be concluded with certainty that Fardeen jumped there (into the river). It could be someone else. Harunor Rasheed, head of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch, said it appeared that Fardeen […]
Fardeen had left home for the BUET hostel at Konapara in Demra on November 4, saying he would study with his friends for the exam the next day. As he did not attend the exam, his friends informed the family, who then lodged a general diary with the police in Rampura, where he was last […]
Fardeen, 24, left his home in Dhaka’s Demra after lunch on November 4, saying he would study at a residential hall with friends overnight and planned to return home after an exam the next day. according to his family. His body was found floating in the Sheetlakhya river in Narayanganj on 7 November. An autopsy […]
Barbed barricades have been installed at Nightingale and Fakirapool intersections to maintain law and order following the clashes. Reacting to being barred from entering the BNP office, Mirza Fakhrul said, “I am the general secretary of the BNP, but I was not allowed to enter my party office. [police] are giving which are completely wrong. […]