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bdnews24.com
Published: 21 Feb 2021 05:54 PM BdST
Updated: 21 Feb 2021 08:05 PM BdST
Three people and an organisation have received the first International Mother Language Award for their contribution to preservation and promotion of mother language nationally and internationally. );
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Education Minister Dipu Moni handed over the award to the winners at the International Mother Language Institute in Dhaka on Sunday on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who joined the ceremony via video conferencing.
The awardees include National Professor Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, who has been honoured for his contribution at the national level.
A Nazrul researcher, Prof Rafiqul is the first Nazrul Professor of Dhaka University’s Bangla Department and first director of Nazrul Research Institute.
Tree Without Roots, Syed Waliullah s translation or transcreation of his novel,
Lal Salu.
Chander Amabasya, and
Cry, River, Cry, Osman Jamal s translation of
Kando Nadi Kando, followed. It has also published single writer anthologies of poetry and short stories. In 2011, it published a Bangladeshi edition of Mirza Ihtesamuddin s
The Wonders of Vilayet, translated by Kaiser Haq.
Considering the importance of translation, the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) launched the Dhaka Translation Center (DTC) in 2013 with the translation of three short stories by Hasan Azizul Huq. It organised workshops, and Bengal Lights Books (BLB), a sister concern, co-published a collection of stories emerging from those workshops:
Bangla ignored in pvt varsities
No Bangla department in 93 out of 107 varsities
20th February, 2021 11:09:58
Bangla has long been neglected at the country’s private universities as they are interested only in subjects like English and Business Administration.
Besides, Bangla is also ignored in higher education as a medium of teaching and learning due to a lack of textbooks and adequate research work.
Currently, a total of 107 private universities are operating academic activities across the country. Only 14 universities are offering B. A (hon’s) in Bangla while Bangla is not taught at all in the rest of the universities.
A Daily Sun investigation found that there are Bangla (Hon’s) subjects only in 14 private universities. The universities are the Asian University of Bangladesh, University of Development Alternative, Premier University, South East University, Prime University, Northern University, Uttara University, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Sonargaon Unive
Future of news media ‘digital-first’: speakers
MRDI report looks at country’s media viability
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With the Covid-19 pandemic having severe impact on the media industry at large in Bangladesh, the future will be digital-first , experts of the field said at a programme yesterday.
Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) organised the virtual discussion to launch a report, titled, Leadership or Stagnation: The Future of Media Viability in Bangladesh . It was conducted by MRDI in conjunction with Fojo Media Institute of Sweden. The report was authored by Ross Settles, adjunct professor at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of Hong Kong University; and Tanim Ahmed, adjunct faculty at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
A national newspaper ran a story on January 10 featuring the research expenditure of public and private universities of Bangladesh. Based on the information submitted to the University Grants Commission (UGC), the report exposed the dearth of funding in academic research, mentioning, "125 public and private universities in the country altogether spent only Tk 153 crore an