Open dorms on March 1
Demonstrating students of univs demand
Demanding reopening of Jahangirnagar University dormitories, a group of JU students chants slogans in front of Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall on the campus around 1:00pm yesterday. Photo: Collected Star Report Star Report
Calls for immediate reopening of residential halls got louder as students of various public universities took to the streets to press home their demand, while Jahangirnagar University students refused to leave their dorms.
A group of agitating students welcomed the government s decision to reopen universities, but demanded that the residential halls should be open from March 1 instead of May.
Feb 22 2021 - Since her husband Abrahm Soreng died two years ago, 70-year-old Veronica Kerketa doesn’t get the chance to talk in her mother tongue at home. None of her children or grandchildren speak the Kharia language.
In her village, under Bormachhara tea garden area of Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila, only one other person her younger sister, 65-year-old Christina Kerketa speaks Kharia.
“Except for the two of us, the nearest person who knows this language, Jaharlal Pandey Induar, lives three kilometres away from our village,” said Veronica.
“I talk with my sister or sometimes talk with him in this language when we meet.”
Public, private universities: Confusion added to chaos
Dipu Moni declares May 24 for resuming in-person classes hrs after PM gave instruction to assess situation for reopening edn institutions
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni. Star file photo
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday instructed the education ministry to review whether educational institutions, which have been closed since March 17 last year due to the pandemic, could be reopened.
Surprisingly, hours after the instruction was given at a cabinet meeting, Education Minister Dipu Moni announced that in-person classes at universities would resume on May 24 after the Eid-ul-Fitr. Besides, the student dormitories at those universities will reopen on May 17, she said.
Dhaka University (DU) has secured first position in Bangladesh and 1,634th worldwide according to a ranking published by Webometrics, a Madrid-based on educational and research institutions. According to Webometrics world rankings, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) ranked 2nd in Bangladesh and 1,702nd in the world.
Twenty public universities have decided to hold uniform admission tests, likely in June-July. Besides, Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet), Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) and Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) have set June 12 as a tentative date for a single entry test.