Bangladesh Chapter of WAFW launched at ULAB
The Bangladesh chapter of World Academy for the Future of Women (WAFW) officially has begun its operations with 100 students of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), says a press release.
Former adviser to a caretaker government Rokia Afzal Rahman, speaking as chief guest at the launching ceremony in the capital on Sunday, appreciated the beginning of the unique leadership programme at ULAB. She credited women for being the prime actors in Bangladesh’s success in attaining Millennium Development Goals.
Founder and CEO of the WAFW, Jerrie Ueberle, joined the opening ceremony via Skype to share her views on how young women can be empowered to bring changes at both local and global levels. The academy’s start-up coordinator Leslie Karen Hammond and an alumna of the academy from Shanghai addressed the audience comprising students and their parents who will receive an eight-month training on modules aligned with the UN’s sustainable development goals.
Member of ULAB’s Board of Trustees Taheerah Haq told the audience how future leaders could be sculpted through the instilling of vision in the students.
Chaired by ULAB VC Professor Dr Jahirul Haque, the meeting was also addressed by Prof Imran Rahman, former vice chancellor of ULAB, and Prof Shamsad Mortuza, Pro-VC of ULAB. The speakers hoped that WAFW’s well-structured leadership programme would make significant changes not only in the lives of the students but also in the lives of the people that they come across.
SUST admission results published
Sylhet: The results of the admission tests for the first year honours course at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) for 2018-19 session was published early Wednesday.
Details of the results are available at the university's website admission.sust.edu. Besides, a notice in this regard will be available at the academic building of the university.
A total of 76,180 students appeared in the admission tests for 'A' and 'B' units held on Saturday. For getting results through SMS, candidates will have to type "SUST Exam Roll number" and send it to 16242 from any mobile operator.
Training on food adulteration prevention held at IU
ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY: Training on ‘Food adulteration prevention and consumer rights’ was held on the university campus in Kushtia on Monday.
IU unit of Consumer Youth Bangladesh (CYB) organised the programme on the occasion of World Food Day-2018 at Birshrestha Hamidur Rahman Auditorium of the university.
IU Vice-chancellor Professor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari addressed the programme as chief guest while Pro-VC Professor M Shahinoor Rahman and Treasurer Professor M Selim Toha spoke as the special guests.
While addressing the programme, the speakers shed lights on the reason of food adulteration and discussed the ways to eliminate the problem. Around two hundred teachers and students from different departments took part in the training.