UK Channel migrant arrivals top 25,000 in 2024
The number of migrants arriving in Britain by crossing the Channel in small boats has topped 25,000 since the start of the year, provisional figures showed on Monday.
Tags : grants
MIU VC pays courtesy call on UGC chairman
Manarat International University acting vice-chancellor Professor Mohammad Abdur Rob on Sunday paid a courtesy call on the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman Professor SMA Faiz at his office at Agargaon in the capital on Sunday...
Universities in Bangladesh to be seats of free thinking: SMA Faiz
The universities in Bangladesh would be turned into seats of free thinking in this changed and new Bangladesh, said professor SMA Faiz, the newly appointed chairman of the University Grants Commission...
154 more Bangladeshis repatriated from Libya
One hundred and fifty-four more undocumented Bangladeshi migrants were repatriated from Libya on Friday.
UGC-UNESCO to work to protect health of university students
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation will jointly work to protect the social and mental health of the...
Imperative qualities for vice-chancellor
IN VARIOUS public and private universities in Bangladesh, as a University Grants Commission report said, there are about 4.69 million students in 2020. The number speaks to the demand for higher education and the growth of public and private universities in Bangladesh. The growing trend created a need for academics who can play the leadership role as...
University authorities should address seat crisis in halls
SEAT crisis in residential halls in public universities has been a persistent problem, with 60 per cent of students having no access to residential facilities. The halls of residence had, moreover, been under the control of ruling party student organisation that used to run seat trade and allocate them in exchange for partisan loyalty. Leaders and activists of the...
DU teachers submit proposals on higher edn reform
The teachers of Dhaka University on Sunday submitted a 15-point charter of proposals to the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh for reformation of higher education...
8 migrants die in Channel crossing attempt
Eight migrants died early Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said, less than two weeks after...
Sweden says to pay immigrants up to $34,000 to leave
Sweden plans to boost payments to up to $34,000 to immigrants who leave the nation that has been a haven for the war-weary and persecuted, the right-wing government said on Thursday.
UGC gets prof Tanzimuddin, prof Anwar as members
The government on Thursday appointed professor Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan and professor M Anwar Hossen, both from Dhaka University, as full-time members to the University Grants Commission...
Govt appoints UGC chair, VCs of five public univs
The government on Thursday appointed professor SMA Faiz, also a former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University and former chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission, as chairman to the University Grants Commission...
10 migrants die trying to cross Channel
At least 10 migrants died off the northern French coast on Tuesday trying to cross the Channel to England, with a major rescue operation underway after the deadliest such disaster this year.
Migrant influx fuels debate in Spain
A steep rise in the number of arrivals of migrants in Spain鈥檚 Canary Islands from Africa has fuelled a fierce debate in the country over how to tackle illegal immigration.
10 migrants dead in Balkan river tragedy
A nine-month-old baby girl and her mother were among 10 migrants who died when their boat capsized crossing a river that divides Serbia and Bosnia, rescuers said as...
UK bolsters fight against migrant crossings
The UK government on Wednesday announced new measures to curb the arrival of migrants on boats from France and to step up the removal of failed asylum seekers...
UGC urges fellows to be cautious about fraud gang
The University Grants Commission has called upon the teachers and researchers of various public universities who have received the UGC fellowships to be cautious about fraud gang...
700 migrants cross Channel to Britain in small boats
Over 700 migrants in small boats crossed the Channel to Britain on Sunday, the highest number on a single day since Prime Minister Keir Starmer took power vowing to tackle people-smugglers...
700 migrants cross Channel to Britain in small boats
Over 700 migrants in small boats crossed the Channel to Britain on Sunday, the highest number on a single day since Prime Minister Keir Starmer took power vowing to tackle people-smugglers....
Fakhrul Islam made UGC secretary
Director of research support and publication department of Bangladesh University Grants Commission Md Fakhrul Islam has been transferred to the post of secretary of the commission...
UGC chairman Professor Kazi Shahidullah resigns citing illness
University Grants Commission chairman Professor Kazi Shahidullah has resigned from his position on Sunday...
What is behind England鈥檚 riots
THE series of race and anti-migrant riots that have been sweeping across England鈥檚 vast deindustrialised regions in the North West, North East, Midlands and Yorkshire have been ineffably ugly to behold...
Panama dismantles 鈥榁IP鈥� migrant route
Panamanian border police arrested 15 people Wednesday connected to a criminal organization that helped smuggle Chinese migrants across the Darien jungle via a 鈥榁IP route鈥� with fewer challenges to traverse...
75 migrants rescued off Greece
The Greek coastguard on Tuesday said it had rescued 75 migrants in an area where one of the Mediterranean鈥檚 worst migrant shipwrecks occurred last year.
Libya repatriates 369 Nigeria and Mali migrants
Libya repatriated Tuesday 369 irregular migrants to their home countries Nigeria and Mali, including more than one hundred women and children, an official...
Afghan, Nepali migrants hurt in Serbia as van overturns
Thirty Afghan and Nepali migrants were injured when a van transporting them overturned in southeastern Serbia, the RTS state-run television reported on...
UK deports illegal migrants to Vietnam, East Timor
Britain鈥檚 new Labour government on Thursday said it had deported 46 people to Vietnam and East Timor, after ditching the previous Conservative administration鈥檚 plan to...
Probe body for action against recruiting agents
A expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment ministry-formed probe committee has recommended legal action against about 100 recruiting agents for their alleged negligence and failure to send over 17,000 Malaysia-aspirant migrants, who paid the agents huge money for the purpose...
UGC urges VCs, protesting students to follow SC order
The University Grants Commission on Thursday urged the vice-chancellors of all public and private universities in Bangladesh and protesting students to restore academic activities following the recent Appellate Division order....
Skilled professors to teach in new, remote univs: UGC聽
Experienced and skilled professors from renowned universities would be engaged in new and remote universities to address the shortage of professors and ensure quality education, officials...