IN 2008, during my tenure with the University of Dhaka, I had a three-month postdoctoral fellowship at the Forum on Contemporary Theory in Baroda, India. I made friends with some Indian researchers there. Once I asked one of them about major writers in India. Most of the names they mentioned in response to my question were from Bengal. I wondered and asked...
THIS happened a decade ago. The chair of the department where I studied at the University of Dhaka in the early 1990s invited me, along with others, to an exchange of views on the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project, officially HEQEP but jokingly ‘hiccup’ even to many university teachers. The University Grants Commission project, which the World Bank funded, was meant to upgrade university teaching, research and institutional facilities...
The University of Dhaka organised a programme to celebrate the Russian Language Day and the 227th anniversary of birth of modern Russian poet Alexander Pushkin at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of the university on Sunday.
The University of Dhaka held a meeting with the Association of Commonwealth Universities to strengthen research collaboration at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of the university on Thursday.
Zubaida Rahman, vice-president of the Ziaur Rahman Foundation and wife of prime minister Tarique Rahman, inaugurated a month-long tree plantation programme and a science fair titled Science Fair in Search of Future Scientists at the University of Dhaka on Wednesday...
The University of Dhaka celebrated the 155th anniversary of birth of Nawab Sir Salimullah on Sunday.
The University of Dhaka has chalked out various programmes, celebrating the 127th anniversary of birth of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, on the campus of the university on Monday.
MY DEAR childhood friend, Tariq Ibrahim (Kochi), passed away less than a week back on May 15 in Dhaka. I heard the news in Toronto from my daughter-in-law who heard it from Kochi’s daughter Manizey and almost immediately I wrote a few words to Manizey expressing my sorrow at the passing of my friend, her father. Even before I received Manizey’s request to write...
Professor Juan E Gonzalez of the University of Texas paid a courtesy call on University of Dhaka pro-vice-chancellor for administration Professor Mohammed Almujaddade Alfasane on Thursday, where both sides discussed expanding joint education and research activities.
THE tragic death of a student associated with the theatre and performance studies department at University of Dhaka has opened a wound that extends far beyond a single campus. What followed the incident was not merely grief, but an extraordinary outpouring of testimonies from former and current students describing years of humiliation, fear, emotional...
Vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka Professor ABM Obaidul Islam at an event on Friday urged the graduates of the Institute of Business Administration to become innovators and create new employment opportunities.
THE remark of the prime minister, Tarique Rahman, of May 12 that the University of Dhaka fails to appear in international rankings as teacher appointment has for long been influenced by political considerations rather than merit is a welcome observation. The prime minister made the remark in an interactive session at the social science faculty of the university after he had...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said University of Dhaka is unfortunately failing to appear in international university rankings because teacher appointments have long been influenced more by political considerations than merit.
The University of Dhaka on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bangladesh Research and Education Network to strengthen collaboration in research, science education and use of digital academic resources.
Professor Mohammed Almujaddade Alfasane has been appointed as pro-vice-chancellor, administration, of the University of Dhaka.
THE appointment of vice-chancellors to public universities on partisan political considerations, sidestepping the relevant legislation, continues to erode the reputation of the institutions of tertiary education and degrade the quality of education and research. The University of Dhaka Order 1973, for an example, stipulates that the chancellor, the president of the country...
The University of Dhaka held an orientation for new students of first year undergraduate programme at the auditorium of Teachers-Students Centre of the university on Wednesday...
Sixteen students of University of Dhaka received scholarships worth around Tk 2.5 lakh under two memorial trust funds at a ceremony held on Tuesday.
Pubali Bank PLC on Tuesday inaugurated its 1000th ATM-CRM booth at the University of Dhaka’s registrar building, said a press release...
Professor Abdus Salam of the department of chemistry took charge as pro-vice-chancellor, academic, of the University of Dhaka on Wednesday...
THE annual reunion of the English Department Alumni Society of the University of Dhaka will take place at the Officers’ Club on Bayley Road in the capital on April 18...
A new trust fund has been established at the University of Dhaka in memory of the founding chairperson of the DU peace and conflict studies department, Professor Dalem Chandra Barman...
University of Dhaka has launched a 15-day training workshop for young teachers titled ‘Foundation Certificate in University Teaching and Learning’ at Bangladesh Rural Development Academy in Cumilla.
Newly-appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka Professor ABM Obaidul Islam on Sunday said that establishing a discrimination-free society was the true objective of independence.
A four-member delegation led by Professor Md Moshiur Rahman of Hiroshima University, Japan called on vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka Professor ABM Obaidul Islam at the DU on Wednesday...
The University of Dhaka administration and law enforcement agencies on Tuesday stressed heightened vigilance to prevent any attempt to destabilise the campus...
Professor ABM Obaidul Islam, former vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Open University, has taken charge as the new VC of the University of Dhaka...
A student of the University of Dhaka was beaten allegedly over his involvement with the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League on the Dhaka University campus early Monday.
The offices of University of Dhaka will remain open until Thursday.
The Flag Hoisting Day was observed in Dhaka on Monday to mark the day when Bangladesh’s national flag was hoisted for the first time on the campus of the University of Dhaka in 1971.