Research, innovation for food security urged
The inaugural session of the 3rd Youth Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology was held at the North South University in Dhaka on Saturday...
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To find new knowledge, one must take help of research: CUET VC
Vice-chancellor of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology Professor Mahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan at a programme at CUET in Chattogram on Thursday said that to find new knowledge, one must take the help of research...
SEU hosts seminar on rehabilitation as key part of disability care
The Institute of Research and Training at Southeast University organised a seminar titled The Need for Rehabilitation as a Major Part of Disability Care at the university鈥檚 Multipurpose Hall in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Maternal mental health should no longer be ignored
THIS is a reminder of the silent crisis enveloping maternal health that nearly 77 per cent of pregnant women seeking healthcare services are found to suffer from depression or anxiety and two-thirds endure both the conditions simultaneously. An International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh study, based on data gathered in 2022鈥�2025, shows the alarming...
BARI holds innovative technology exhibition for young entrepreneurs
The training and communication wing of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute has arranged an innovative technology exhibition and exchange of view for young entrepreneurs at the institute鈥檚 Kazi Badruddoza auditorium in Gazipur on Wednesday...
Govt should shore up issues to fight against growing poverty
THE findings of a multidimensional survey that the finance ministry has funded to assess how families coped with issues of income, employment, expenditure, financial resilience and digital participation in one year since the 2024 uprising are worrying. The poverty rate increased to 27.93 per cent in May 2025, as the survey that research and policy advocacy organisation Power...
SICIP hosts workshop to launch BIRDI grants
Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme of the Finance Division, under the finance ministry, organised a workshop on 鈥楤angladesh Industry Research Development and Innovation (BIRDI) Grants鈥� on Monday...
IUB signs memo with Ankara University for maritime research
The Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies of Independent University, Bangladesh has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Ankara University鈥檚 National Centre for the Sea and Maritime Law...
AIUB holds seminar on developing research skills
The department of public health at American International University-Bangladesh organised a seminar titled Developing Research Skills and the Role of Primary Health Care in Global Health at the AIUB in Dhaka on Monday...
Pubali Bank gifts microbus to BCSIR
As a part of Pubali Bank PLC corporate social responsibility, the bank has recently gifted a microbus to Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, said a press release...
Issues govt should shore up to contain lead poisoning
THE findings of a study report that about 98 per cent of the children living in Dhaka are exposed a high level of lead poisoning, which can cause memory loss, a headache, depression and the loss of intelligent quotient, is worrying. The study that the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh along with the Stanford School of Medicine of the...
Country鈥檚 development activities not possible without research: BEPRC chairman
Mohammad Wahid Hasan, senior secretary and chairman of the Bangladesh Energy and Power Research Council, said at a symposium in Chattogram on Wednesday that the country鈥檚 development activities could not be moved forward without research...
Youth festival held at BRRI
A tree planting campaign was organised and saplings were distributed among the youth as part of the youth festival at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute in Gazipur on Monday...
Mim becomes champion of Roquiah Hall Debate Competition
Mahinur Akhter Mim, a student of the Institute of Education and Research, has become champion of the debate competition organised by the Dhaka University鈥檚 Roquiah Hall...
BdREN, UGC organise workshop on e-resources
Bangladesh Research and Education Network, in collaboration with the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, organised a workshop on e-resources at Hotel Lakeshore Heights in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Arsenic researcher Shibtosh Roy鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the 24th anniversary of death of internationally acclaimed arsenic researcher Shibtosh Roy...
Closing of DBBL-funded agri research projects held
Concluding workshop of agricultural research projects, conducted under the Bangladesh Bank and funded by 鈥楽pecial CSR Grant鈥� of Dutch-Bangla Bank, was held on Saturday at a local hotel in the capital, said a press release...
BARI hosts seminar, agricultural machinery exhibition at GAU
The Farm Machinery and Postharvest Process Engineering Division of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute held a scientific seminar, a poster exhibition and a demonstration of BARI-developed agricultural machinery at Gazipur Agricultural University on Sunday...
Both Dhaka Univ, UGC should mind research allocation issues
RESEARCH allocation in the budget of the University of Dhaka has always been a poor show of the authorities as it has happened, too, in the budget for the 2025鈥�2026 financial year. The university鈥檚 syndicate on June 16 approved the 2026 budget with Tk 215.7 million set aside for research, which accounts for 2.08 per cent of the total outlay of about Tk 10.35 billion. The...
UGC member Masuma for research-friendly budget
University Grants Commission Bangladesh member Professor Masuma Habib said that a research-friendly budget would further advance education and research. This would inspire future generations in agricultural research and newly invented technologies could be applied in the agricultural sector of Bangladesh...
Wahiduddin lauds role of agricultural research technology
Planning adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud at a workshop in Dhaka on Sunday said that agricultural research technology had been most useful in our country...
Samya鈥檚 murder: a wake-up call for campus security
THE tragic and brutal murder of Shahriar Alam Samya, a bright student from the Institute of Education and Research at Dhaka University, has struck a deep blow to the nation鈥檚 conscience. Once the torchbearer of progress and a hub for democratic movements, Dhaka University now finds itself grappling with an unsettling darkness that falls over its campus...
SPARRSO holds seminar
A seminar titled 鈥楶rogress in earth surface monitoring utilising remote sensing techniques: Bangladesh perspective鈥� was held at the Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation on Monday...
PBIL, EDGE sign deal on investment banking
Prime Bank Investment Limited and EDGE Research and Consulting Limited have recently signed an agreement to provide investment banking services to a wide range of institutional clients...
UGC urged to strengthen supervision to improve research quality
Academics and researchers have given a set of suggestions to the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh to improve the quality of research in the country, including strengthening its supervision activities...
Foundation training for NIPORT officers concluded at BARD
The concluding ceremony of the foundation training course for the officers of the National Institute of Population Research and Training was held at the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development in Cumilla on Wednesday...
British Council concludes Varendra Museum training
The British Council in partnership with the United Kingdom鈥檚 department for culture, media, and sport organised a closing ceremony for the four-month Varendra Research Museum training programme at the Varendra Research Museum in Rajshahi on Tuesday...
BCSIR鈥檚 Science and Industrial Technology Fair concludes
Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research concluded the three-day Science and Industrial Technology Fair-2025 on the BCSIR premises in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Lack of quality diet causes food security concern: IFPRI director
Visiting International Food Policy Research Institute director for the poverty, gender and inclusion unit, Daniel Gilligan observed that malnutrition and lack of access to high quality diets were among the leading challenges to food security in Bangladesh...