Three killed in attempts to cross Channel
Three people are believed to have been crushed to death and three others were missing in two separate incidents as migrants attempted to cross the English Channel, French officials said on Wednesday...
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UGC, UN Women to work to end sexual harassment in universities
The Bangladesh University Grants Commission and the UN Women will work jointly to end sexual harassment and gender-based violence in the universities in the country...
377 Bangladeshis among 770 undocumented migrants held in Malaysia
At least 377 Bangladeshi nationals, among 770 undocumented migrants, were detained during a special operation by Malaysia鈥檚 Immigration Department in the Bukit Bintang area of Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday evening, reports Bernama, the Malaysian national news agency...
UGC holds workshop on social, behavioural change
The two-day workshop on updating the university curriculum on social and behavioural change jointly organised by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh and UNICEF concluded at Rajendrapur BRAC CDM in Gazipur on Monday.
Chinese delegation meets UGC chairman
A delegation from the Chinese Centre for Language Education and Cooperation paid a courtesy call on the chairman of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, Professor SMA Faiz, at the UGC in Dhaka on Saturday.
Two migrants trying to reach Greek island drown
Two would-be migrants, an adult man and a girl, were found dead on Saturday morning on a beach of the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes, Greek Coastguard told AFP.
Migrant boat capsizes off Mauritania, killing 69
A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, killing 69 people, officials said Friday.
UGC holds meeting with University of East Anglia delegation
Members of the delegation of the International University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom, MH Global Group and Bangladesh University of Professionals held a meeting with Bangladesh University Grants Commission chairman...
Why are countries accepting deportees from the US
Several poor countries, mostly in Africa, have agreed to take deportees from the United States as part of president Donald Trump鈥檚 crackdown on undocumented migrants. What motivates them?
UGC signs agreement with univs to implement HEAT鈥檚 151 sub-projects
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh at a programme in Dhaka on Wednesday signed agreements with 43 public and private universities to implement 151 selected sub-projects under the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation project...
Full transparency in HEAT project evaluation: UGC chair
University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman Professor SMA Faiz on Tuesday said 100 per cent transparency and accountability were being ensured in evaluating Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation project...
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...
Uganda reaches agreement with US to take migrants
Uganda has agreed to receive migrants who do not qualify to remain in the United States, a foreign ministry official said Thursday, in Washington鈥檚 latest attempt to speed up deportations.
78 killed in Afghanistan bus accident
The death toll from a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants returning from Iran and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan has risen to 78, provincial officials said on Wednesday...
Professor Ayub Islam joins as UGC member
Professor Mohammad Ayub Islam, department of accounting, University of Chittagong, has joined the Bangladesh University Grants Commission as a member on Monday...
UGC congratulates 159 Erasmus Mundus scholarship recipients
Chairman of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh Professor SMA Faiz at a programme in Dhaka on Thursday congratulated 159 Bangladeshi students who received the Erasmus Mundus scholarships in the 2025-26 academic year...
20 killed in shipwreck off Italy鈥檚 Lampedusa
At least 20 migrants died after a boat overturned in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, with many more still missing, the UN鈥檚 refugee agency said...
50,000 migrants cross English Channel since Starmer joins office
More than 50,000 people have made the perilous Channel crossing to the UK in small boats since Keir Starmer became prime minister last July, official figures showed on Tuesday.
Migrants saved from refrigerated lorry in France
French medics had to treat Eritrean migrants hidden in a UK-bound refrigerated lorry for hypothermia Saturday, after the driver heard their cries for help, officials said.
UK says first migrants held under return deal with France
The UK said Thursday it had detained the first migrants under a new 鈥榦ne-in, one-out鈥� deal with France in which it can return people crossing the Channel on small boats.
Govt urged to bring back July protesters from UAE jail
Bangladeshi migrants who were arrested and jailed in the UAE in July 2024 and returned home receiving special pardon demanded that the government bring back the rest 26 migrants who are still in jail...
UGC chairman for building new Bangladesh in spirit of July uprising
Bangladesh University Grants Commission chairman Professor SMA Faiz has called for building a new Bangladesh free from discrimination in line with the spirit of the July uprising.
Libya detains 1,500 undocumented migrants
Libyan authorities detained on Saturday some 1,500 undocumented migrant workers in a raid on a neighbourhood housing them east of the capital Tripoli, an AFP reporter saw...
19 Bangladeshis repatriated from Tunisia
Nineteen irregular Bangladeshi migrants were repatriated from Tunisia on Thursday with the support of Bangladesh government and the International Organization for Migration...
India expels 1,500 Muslims to Bangladesh recently: HRW
Indian authorities have expelled more than 1,500 Bengali Muslims to Bangladesh in recent weeks without due process, claiming that they are 鈥榠llegal immigrants鈥�, the Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
Venezuela says migrants were tortured in Salvadoran prison
Venezuela announced a probe Monday into torture claims by 252 migrants the United States had sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison where they said they were beaten, sexually abused and fed rotten food...
New clashes outside London hotel housing migrants
Anti-migrant protests degenerated again late Sunday outside a London hotel housing asylum seekers, as rioters threw bottles and smoke bombs at the police...
Deplorable delay in disbursing grants to July uprising victims
THE delay in disbursing grants and allowances to those wounded and to the families of those martyred during the July uprising is deeply disappointing. The interim government 鈥� formed after the student-led mass movement toppled the authoritarian Awami League government in August 2024 鈥� repeatedly pledged that support and rehabilitation for the victims would be...
Many Bangladesh nationals living in Greece at risk
Undocumented migrants from Bangladesh and other countries in Greece are now at risk of deportation as the government of the European country has tightened its migration related law suspending the registration of...
US deports 5 migrants from Asian, Caribbean nations to Eswatini
The United States deported five migrants from Asian and Caribbean countries to the small African kingdom of Eswatini, officials said Tuesday.