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DU reopens October 28 after 66-day unscheduled closure: Five months additional session jam ahead, 518 exams stalled
DU Correspondent
Dhaka University will reopen on October 28, while the residential halls will be opened on October 23 after a long closure over violent clashes between students and security forces on the campus on August 20 to 22.
However, the other official activities, excluding classes and examinations, will resume today.
The syndicate, the highest decision-making body of the university, endorsed the decisions at a meeting yesterday evening. The decisions were taken by the Deans' Commitee at a meeting in the morning.  |
35 pc fall in RMG export order in 3 months: Form separate ministry, declare apparel a thrust sector
Staff Reporter
Country's readymade garment industry leaders yesterday portrayed an awful scenario of 35 per cent order cut of their targeted US$12 billion export during the last three months.
"We are very much worried that export order in RMG sector fall by 35 per cent during the last three months compared to our target," President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Anwarul Alam Chowdhury Parvez told a news conference at his office.
Parvez said last year's political unrest in Bangladesh, short winter in the West and price hike of oil in the international market were the reasons behind the fall in export orders. |
Fresh flooding in northern dists: Major rivers flowing above danger levels
Staff Reporter
Bangladesh is bracing for yet another devastating flooding as major rivers are now flowing above their danger levels due to heavy downpour across the country and in neighbouring India, according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC).
A flood-bypass dam built at Teesta barrage project collapsed in Lalmonirhat under the thrust of onrush of river waters Friday night
Different districts, including Sirajganj, Sylhet, Sherpur, Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Noakhali and Khagrachhari have been flooded again due to heavy rainfalls and onrush of waters from the hilly regions bordering India. |
Well-educated citizen must for honest leadership: CA
UNB, Dhaka
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Saturday said conscious and well-educated citizen is essential for the success of nation's effort to establish honest leadership and real democracy by uprooting corruption in the country.
It is also necessary to set up knowledge-based enlightened society through establishing good governance and ensuring justice and human rights, and to keep the wheels of economy moving, he said. "For this, today it is very urgent to enlighten all citizens with the light of education in the shortest possible time. |
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Internet Edition. September 9, 2007, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
