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Seminar on Modern Biotechnology held at DU
A daylong seminar on Development of Stress Tolerant Peanut: Breeding Lines Using Modern Biotechnology was held at the Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS) on Dhaka University (DU) campus in the capital on Saturday.
DU Botany Department arranged the seminar in association with USDA while Vice-chancellor of the university Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the seminar as the chief guest. Presided over by the Chairman of the Botany department Professor Dr Md Abul Bashar, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Finance Shah Md Aminul Haq and Director General of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) Dr Md Rafiqul Islam Mondal addressed the function as special guests. Dean of the Biological Sciences faulty Professor Dr M Imdadul Hoque delivered welcome speech while Dr Ahashan Habib and PhD fellow Tanjina Akhtar Banu presented key-notes on the topics.
Deadline of downloading Jahangirnagar University entry test admit card extended
SAVAR: The deadline of downloading admit card of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for first year honours course admission tests under academic session 2016-2017 was extended up to November 14.
The applicants, who paid registration fees by Dutch Bangla Mobile Banking by November 7 but could not download the admit card, can download the admit card by November 14, a university release said on Saturday. After November 14, 2016 applicants wont be able to download the admit cards from the website, it added.
Postgraduate Orientation programme held
The orientation programme of Winter Term 2016 of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) for the MS and PhD students was held yesterday at the university auditorium. Prof Dr Md Mahbubar Rahman, Vice-chancellor of the university was present as chief guest and Treasurer of the University Prof Dr Md Ismail Hossain Mian was present as special guest.
The programme was chaired by Director (Students Welfare) Prof Dr M Mofazzal Hossain. Dean Graduate Studies Prof Dr Jalal Uddin Ahmed, Registrar of the university Prof Dr Md Tofazzal Hossain, Proctor Md Roshidul Hasan, Provost Prof Dr Md Main Uddin Miah spoke on the occasion. Newly admitted students, faculty members and related officers-employees were present at that time.
BUP inter university cultural festival ends
The Final round and prize distribution ceremony of a two-day long BUP Inter University Cultural Fest-2016 ended on Saturday at Bijoy Auditorium of Bangladesh University of Professionals, Mirpur cantonment, Dhaka by the arrangement of department of Disaster and Human Security Management, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), says a press release.
Asaduzzaman Noor MP , Ministry of Cultural Affairs, was present as chief guest and distributed prizes among the winners, while Major General Md Salahuddin Miaji, rcds,psc, Vice-chancellor of BUP was present as special guest on the occasion. The Jahangirnagar University emerged as champion. On the other hand, BUET stood 1st Runner-up, while the Ahsan Ullah University of Science Technology became 2nd Runner-up. Dhaka Medical College displayed most outstanding performance in this competition. 400 contestants from 8 universities and two medical colleges in the country took part in this cultural fest. Besides, Military and Civil officials, Teachers, Students of BUP and invited guests from different organizations were also present in the cultural fest.
IUB Freshers Day 2016 Executed
IUB Fest Freshers Day 2016 of the Independent University, Bangladesh was held with enormous enthusiasms and full of fiesta on Thursday on the university campus in Bashundhara, Dhaka, says a press release.
Division of Student Affairs (DoSA) organised and implemented this grand event. Various programmes of the day were opened to all freshers of IUB that started at 4.15 pm and continued till 9pm. Prof M Omar Rahman, Vice-chancellor, IUB graced the occasion as the chief guest. Pro Vice-chancellor (Designate) Prof Milan Pagon, Deans of different Schools, faculty members, staff members of the management and several guests were present to mark the day.
RU convocation: Ex-students demandreduction of registration fees
Former students of different departments, who completed their Masters, MBBS, BDS, M.Phil and PhD degrees from 2011 to 2014 (four years) from the Rajshahi University (RU), yesterday demanded to reduce the registration fees for the upcoming 10th convocation which has fixed TK-3,750 each.
This fees is at least Tk 1,000 higher than others public varsities of the country, they claimed. Some former students those have finished their masters degree last one year but not employed yet appealed to the university authority yesterday. In the written statement they urged the administration to consider the matter and reduce the fees rate. Earlier last year RU authority took fees Tk 3,500 for the 9th convocation. They also mentioned that Tk-3,750 is too high while the registration has opened from November 3 and to be continued till 30. Merajul Al-Ameen, a recently passed student of Finance Department, expressed his dissatisfaction and said A good number of participants in the upcoming convocation are unemployed or doing part-time jobs. So such high rate fees for convocation are a burden for them. While talking Prof. Mizanur Rahman, student adviser of the university said, in the past years most of the participants desired to take away the convocation kits including gowns and hats. For this reason giving them such kits, we are taking additional money as fees in the convocation.
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