Trump admin asks SC permission to revoke migrants鈥� status
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
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UGC seeks EU support to expand higher education opportunities
University Grants Commission chairman Professor SMA Faiz has urged the European Union to expand higher education opportunities in various universities in Europe, including scholarships and joint research, for Bangladeshi students...
UGC working to meet new generation鈥檚 expectations: chair
The chairman of Bangladesh University Grants Commission Professor SMA Faiz on Tuesday said that the UGC was working as a supporting organisation of the country鈥檚 higher education institutions to fulfil the expectations of the young generation of the new Bangladesh.
Eight migrants die off Tunisia, 29 rescued
Eight migrants from various countries died and 29 others were rescued after their boat capsized off the coast of Sfax in central Tunisia, the Tunisian National Guard said on Monday...
US arrests 100 migrants in nightclub raid
US authorities said on Sunday they arrested more than 100 undocumented migrants at a raid on a nightclub in Colorado, the latest detentions in president Donald Trump鈥檚 immigration crackdown...
HC orders action against recruiters
The High Court on Sunday directed the government to take action by August 27 against recruiters who failed to send 17,000 Malaysia-bound aspirant migrants, despite receiving payments from them months before the Awami League regime鈥檚 ouster amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5, 2024...
Voting rights for migrants
BANGLADESH has emerged as an important source of global migrants, with millions seeking improved opportunities and a more secure socio-economic future abroad. The majority of them migrate as temporary workers to the Middle East and Southeast Asian countries while others move as students, skilled professionals or asylum seekers to developed...
UNESCO education chief meets UGC chair
The newly appointed education chief of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Norihide Furukawa, paid a courtesy call on University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman Professor SMA Faiz at the UGC in Dhaka on Thursday...
RAISE project helps over 200,000 returnee migrants in Bangladesh
As thousands of migrant workers continue to return home, stakeholders at a high-level dialogue in Dhaka on Thursday called for a dignified and sustainable reintegration system that recognises the experiences, skills and contributions of returnees.
UGC to hold regional higher edn confce in December
The University Grants Commission will hold a three-day regional higher education conference, involving the representatives of the UGC in the SAARC member countries, in Dhaka in December.聽
Trump move to revoke 5,00,000 immigrants鈥� legal status halted
A federal judge on Monday blocked US president Donald Trump鈥檚 administration from quickly revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti...
Thousands of child migrants killed in decade of Med crossings: UN
Some 3,500 migrant children have died or gone missing in the past decade trying to cross the Mediterranean for Italy, UNICEF estimated on Tuesday, comparable to one child per day...
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...
UGC to publish 3 books of three univ teachers
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh is going to publish three books of three university teachers.聽..
SUPPORTING JULY MOVEMENT: 10 migrants jailed in KSA return home
A total of 10 Bangladeshi migrants returned home on Friday after the authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia freed 12 Bangladeshis who had been detained for organising special prayers for the victims of the student-led mass uprising that led to...
Nine migrants found dead off Turkey after boat sinks
Nine migrants died and another 25 were rescued on Thursday after their boat started sinking off the western coast of Turkey, officials said...
Former UGC chair Prof Kazi Shahidullah dies
Eminent educationist and former chairman of the University Grants Commission, professor Kazi Shahidullah, died in Australia on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer...
Former UGC chair Professor Kazi Shahidullah dies
Eminent educationist and former chairman of University Grants Commission Professor Kazi Shahidullah died in Australia on Wednesday.
Tunisia says 612 migrants rescued, 18 bodies recovered at sea
Tunisia鈥檚 national guard said on Monday its forces had rescued 612 migrants and recovered the bodies of 18 others in several operations overnight off the country鈥檚 Mediterranean coast.
Private univ law needs to be changed
THE Private University Act 1992 was amended in 2010 to make it contemporary. None of the 53 sections of the amended law has a single word on academic and intellectual freedom in higher education or the university鈥檚 autonomy. Rather, various sections have been made to keep universities under the strict surveillance of the University Grants Commission through...
Attorneys sue Trump admin to keep 10 migrants including Bangladeshi out of Guantanamo Bay
Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration Saturday to prevent it from transferring 10 migrants including a Bangladeshi detained in the US to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
UGC holds meeting on SBC
The second meeting of the Programme Management and Coordination Committee on conducting research on social and behaviour change and building the capacity of university teachers was held at the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh in Dhaka on Thursday.
Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia demand ESKL shutdown
The Malaysia chapter of the 鈥楤angladesh Prabashi Odhikar Parishad鈥� on Thursday protested the alleged data breach and corruption linked to ESKL, a passport, visa, immigration service providing company reportedly owned by members of Sheikh family...
Migrants deported by US moved to Panama jungle facility
Nearly 100 migrants deported by the United States to Panama have been moved to a remote facility in the Darien jungle where they will stay until they are moved to another country, Panama鈥檚 security ministry said...
UGC seeks name for new university merging 7 colleges
The University Grants Commission sought the name from the teachers, students, and stakeholders for the proposed full pledged accredited university to be set up merging seven government colleges in Dhaka on Tuesday...
UGC calls for simplifying patent registration
Member of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh Professor Masuma Habib at a workshop in Khulna on Monday said that the patent registration process needed to be simplified to protect intellectual property...
France rescues 6,000 migrants in Channel in 2024
French authorities on Thursday said they had rescued 6,310 migrants trying to cross the English Channel on increasingly overcrowded boats to reach Britain in 2024, a 30 per cent rise on the previous year.
UK to refuse citizenship to undocumented migrants
The British government on Wednesday said it was toughening immigration rules to make it almost impossible for undocumented migrants who arrive on small boats to later receive citizenship...
UGC holds meeting on social, behavioural change
The meeting of the management and coordination committee for conducting research on social and behavioural change and capacity building of university teachers was held at the auditorium of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Returned migrants issue 10-day ultimatum
Expatriate workers who were sent back from different countries, including the United Arab Emirates, for supporting the Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination in the July-August uprising suspended their protest with a 10-day ultimatum on Monday...
