250 migrants found in US-bound truck
Mexican authorities said Sunday that they had found more than 250 migrants crammed into a double trailer truck heading towards the US border.
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Immigrants and US economy
DONALD Trump鈥檚 win gives him the chance to shape policies that impact every American. Trump has had a restrictive stance on immigration, focusing on controlling borders and...
UGC for high-speed internet at univ halls
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman Professor SMA Faiz on Thursday at a meeting proposed to amend the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation scheme to...
UGC calls for using Apostille for certificate attestation
University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman SMA Faiz on Wednesday at a workshop urged the universities of the country to use the Apostille platform for online attestation...
UGC chair visits office, residential facilities聽
Bangladesh University Grants Commission will adopt a plan to develop its headquarters, its chairman鈥檚 residence and expand residential facilities for officers and employees.
UGC holds exchange of views with KOICA delegation
Bangladesh University Grants Commission on Thursday held an exchange of views with a seven-member delegation of the Korea International Cooperation Agency at the commission in Dhaka...
UGC, WB delegation visits 2 DU halls
A delegation from Bangladesh University Grants Commission and World Bank visited the Shahid Sergeant Zahurul Huq Hall and Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall of Dhaka University on Wednesday...
Senegal navy intercepts nearly 600 migrants in 10 days
Senegal鈥檚 navy has intercepted nearly 600 irregular migrants in the last 10 days departing from the coast of the West African country, according to posts on its social media account...
Top UAE firms keen to invest in Bangladesh: envoy
The United Arab Emirates was very keen to invest in Bangladesh鈥檚 logistics, ports, aviation and renewable energy sectors and the Gulf nation was ready to support the interim government, said the UAE ambassador on Tuesday...
UGC chairman calls for reducing teacher-student gap
Bangladesh University Grants Commission chairman Professor SMA Faiz on Monday at a workshop said that to ensure an effective learning environment, the gap between teachers and students should be minimised, and teachers should strive to meet the expectations of students by understanding them...
UGC to hold basic training for university teachers
Bangladesh University Grants Commission will organise a four-month basic training to increase the capacity of the new teachers of the university, said a press release on Friday.
Italy judges reject first migrant detentions in Albania
Italian judges ruled Friday against the detention of the first migrants sent for processing in Albania, dealing a major blow to a flagship policy of Giorgia Meloni鈥檚 hard-right government.
50 migrants to return daily, says govt
The government has initiated a move to evacuate 1800 Bangladeshis registered to return home from Lebanon voluntarily amid attacks by Israeli forces on the Arab country.聽
First migrants including Bangladeshi arrive in Albania
A ship carrying migrants intercepted in Italian waters docked Wednesday in Albania, nearly a year after Rome and Tirana reached a controversial deal to process asylum seekers trying...
Italy aspirant migrants demand visa appointment soon
Migrants鈥� rights activists on Monday urged the authorities to help make visa appointments immediately as a huge number of visa applicants, aspiring to migrate to Italy, did not get the appointments even after several months...
UN experts alarmed by treatment of migrants in Tunisia
Migrants, refugees and human trafficking victims face alarming treatment in Tunisia, United Nations experts warned on Monday...
DU holds meeting with UGC, WB for dev projects
The Dhaka University held a meeting with the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh and World Bank about issues, including the implementation of different development projects at the DU with the financial assistance from the WB at DU vice-chancellor鈥檚 meeting room on Sunday...
Migrants in Lebanon demand time extension to register for evacuation
Bangladeshi migrants stranded in war-torn Lebanon demanded that the authorities extend the time for registering for evacuation.
UNICEF, UGC undertake programme for social, behavioural change in Bangladesh
The United Nations International Children鈥檚 Emergency Fund in Dhaka and the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh have undertaken a joint partnership programme for social and behavioural change.
Bangladesh mission starts info collection of migrants for evacuation
The Bangladesh embassy in Beirut on Wednesday asked migrants in Lebanon, willing to return home amid increasing airstrikes by Israeli forces, to give their information in a designated form by October 12...
150 more Bangladeshis repatriated from Libya
One hundred and fifty more stranded irregular Bangladeshi migrants returned on Thursday from Libya...
1,000 migrants cross Channel into UK on same day as 4 killed
A record 973 migrants crossed the Channel on small boats on the same day in which four died while attempting the journey from France to England, UK Home Office figures...
Four migrants die while crossing Channel
Four migrants, including a two-year-old child, died in two separate tragedies overnight Friday to Saturday while attempting to cross the Channel, French authorities said.
Dozens arrested for migrant smuggling in Montenegro, Serbia
Montenegrin police arrested 13 people and were searching for several others suspected of smuggling hundreds of migrants, prosecutors said on Friday.
Six migrants killed in Mexico
Soldiers chasing suspicious vehicles on a highway in Mexico opened fire and killed six migrants, the defence ministry said Wednesday.
US univs express interest to cooperate in education, research
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh on Wednesday said that top 10 universities in the United States expressed their interest in cooperation in improving the quality of higher education and research in Bangladesh...
Mission in Lebanon should employ all means to help migrants
ISRAEL鈥橲 invasion of southern Lebanon, reportedly targeting Hezbollah which has a significant presence in both the Lebanese parliament and the government, has left about 1,000 civilians dead. And, Israel鈥檚 attacks have forced a good number of Bangladeshis who work as migrant workers mostly in apparel factories, hotels, hospitals and households...
Bangladeshis pass days under open sky in Lebanon
A good number of Bangladeshi migrants have been passing days under the open sky without food and basic facilities in Lebanon while Israel announces land attacks on the...
13 migrants found dead off Tunisia
Thirteen bodies believed to be of sub-Saharan African migrants have been found dead off Tunisia鈥檚 eastern coast, a judicial official said on Wednesday...
VIP services for returnee migrants at airports: Asif Nazrul
To stop harassment of migrant workers at the airports on their return the government would ensure VIP services for them within a time period between two weeks and one month, said expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment adviser Asif Nazrul on Tuesday...