Mahdi Al Muhtasim

15 BCL men involved in ‘rampage’ at Bijoy Ekattor hall of DU: Probe report

Dhaka University’s Bijoy Ekattor Hall unit Bangladesh Chhatra League president and general secretary “instigated” their followers to go on a rampage at the hall on the night of March 13, reveals a probe report.

7y ago

A blend of joy and sorrow

It was a day full of laughter, hugs and celebration and above all pride for the students of Dhaka University as they have reached a milestone of their life.

7y ago

Biographies inspire booklovers

There is an old saying, every life is a story and every story is a lesson.

7y ago

Bringing together all strands of folk genre

Srabonti Sarker inherited the love for folk literature from her parents-- mother, to be precise.

7y ago

History books galore

History guides the new generation as a lighthouse towards the right path. The way we view the present is shaped by

7y ago

Short stories, big smiles

There is a sense of yearning and curiosity connected to a short story. An incomplete sensation -- even though it lingers, can be gratifying as well.

7y ago

Novels most sought-after literary adventure

We all love to read stories. Whether those are larger-than-life tales or narratives based on own experiences, reading books remains a great way of spending and sharing time together.

7y ago

Books on films draw attention at fair

The Ekushey book fair is an event unlike any other. It can satisfy anyone's literary palate with a wide array of selections.

7y ago
March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016

A splash of colour

Dhaka University on Tuesday celebrated Bashanta Utsab (Spring Festival) with flowers, poems and songs as the bone-chilling, gloomy winter gave way to a fiesta of colours and love.

March 1, 2016
March 1, 2016

Tourism teachers go on foreign tour enmasse

Sixteen out of nineteen teachers of Tourism and Hospitality Management of Dhaka University under the business faculty have gone to Indonesia and Singapore for a nine-day academic tour on Monday, while the other three have not gone due to their personal problems. The teachers are supposed to return on March 10.

February 28, 2016
February 28, 2016

Book fair boon for youths

People of all ages yesterday got the last weekly holiday to purchase their favourite books at the month-long Amar

February 14, 2016
February 14, 2016

Book fair wears colours of spring

The book fair took up a festive look yesterday with people especially the youths clad in colourful clothes streaming onto the premises on the occasion of Pahela Falgun and Saraswati Puja. While children and women mostly wore yellow saris and flower crowns, men were seen in panjabis.

February 11, 2016
February 11, 2016

Punish culpable BCL men

The boy came from an ordinary lower middle class family. The story of his life came to an end before it could start a

January 11, 2016
January 11, 2016

Defaulting teachers owe DU Tk 4.38cr

Dhaka University will take a series of initiatives to get more than Tk 4.38 crore back from 60 former teachers who owe the amount to the university. The teachers had taken loans from the university to get higher education abroad but neither returned the money nor joined their jobs afterwards.

January 11, 2016
January 11, 2016

Teachers go on strike today over 'pay disparity'

An indefinite teachers' strike begins at all the public universities today in protest at the “government inaction” on fulfilling their demands, including removal of "discriminatory provisions" in the eighth national pay scale and retaining selection grade and time scale.

January 3, 2016
January 3, 2016

Teachers go on nonstop strike Jan 11

The Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers' Association (FBUTA) will begin indefinite work abstention at all public universities

November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015

Where stay to be 10 times costlier than other halls

The Bijoy Ekattor Hall of Dhaka University is going to be no match for other dormitories with regard to its annual charge.

October 31, 2015
October 31, 2015

4 jailed, 23 detained over cheating in Dhaka

Four people, including three admission seekers, were jailed for two years each for their involvement in cheating in the undergraduate