University of Dhaka, which was in the 601 bracket in 2012, slipped to the 701+ bracket in 2014 and further below in 2019.
North South University and BRAC University, two top private universities in Bangladesh, have been placed in the 1001-1200 bracket in the 2022 index.
QS evaluates 1,300 universities across the world according to six metrics: Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Faculty/Student Ratio, Citations per faculty, International Faculty Ratio, and International Student Ratio.
QS does not assign specific positions for universities rated below 500.
Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) in United States of America continues to be at the top spot, 10th year in a row. Followed by the University of Oxford, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, and Harvard University, in the top five.
Bangladesh has been suffering from the presence of a high level of particulate matter (PM) in its air for about three decades. Air quality monitoring by the Department of Environment reveals that the air in all of the divisional and commercial cities of the country is polluted with very great concentrations of PM2.5 (PM with. Read more »
Students protest at attending class by expelled fellow
DU Correspondent | Published: 00:13, May 28,2021
BUET students hold a rally at the university Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Thursday in protest at the participation of a suspected murderer of Abrar Fahad in regular online classes even after his expulsion from the university. Sourav Lasker
The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology held a rally on the campus in Dhaka on Thursday in protest at attending online classes by a student who was earlier expelled for his alleged involvement in Abrar Fahad murder.
The student named Ashikul Islam Bitu was expelled for his reported role in torturing and killing Abrar Fahad and for his alleged link with some other offences, including ragging.
The government has made the quality testing of imported bitumen mandatory to ensure product standards. The commerce ministry issued a circular on Tuesday to this effect. The testing has to be carried out at the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, or Eastern Refinery. Till date, quality testing was not a