French navy rescues 85 migrants in Channel
A navy tugboat saved 80 passengers from that boat and five more from a second migrant vessel at another location...
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GIZ delegation meets UGC chairman
A three-member German technical cooperation agency delegation paid a courtesy call on the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman Professor SMA Faiz at the UGC in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Dozens of underage migrants rescued in Mediterranean
Rescue ship Ocean Viking on Tuesday pulled 48 mostly underage migrants from the Mediterranean off the Libyan, the aid group that operates the vessel said on Wednesday...
Migrants set out from Mexico hoping to reach pre-Trump US
Hundreds of migrants left the Mexican city of Tapachula on foot Wednesday, aiming to arrive at the US border before president-elect Donald Trump 鈥� who has vowed...
Strengthening security of Apostille platform, personal information stressed
Academicians at a workshop at the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh auditorium in Dhaka on Thursday suggested strengthening the security of the Apostille platform and personal information used for online attestation of certificates of students seeking higher education and employment abroad...
Pragmatic steps demanded to stop Malaysia syndicate
Migrants鈥� rights activists at a discussion on Wednesday demanded the government to take pragmatic actions against the Malaysia labour market syndicate immediately...
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.
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.
