Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), Brac University has joined hands with Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), UiT - the Arctic University of Norway and Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Dhaka and offered a PhD scholarship for Bangladeshis. The scholarship will be provided from the project “Statelessness in the Bengali Borderlands” funded by the Research Council of Norway. Candidates must fulfill the general requirements for PhD admission to the University of Dhaka and the PhD scholarship is for a period of three years, full time, said a media release on Tuesday. Soft copy of the application needs to be sent by August 7, 2021 and short listed candidates will be informed and invited for an interview.

Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac University on Tuesday celebrated the official start of the Refugee Studies Unit (RSU) virtually.

A virtual youth panel titled “WOMEN | PEACE | POWER: A Youth Perspective” was held Tuesday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women Peace and Security.

Addressing the deep moral schisms that the pandemic has exposed in Bangladeshi society, speakers on Thursday said educating the younger generation on morality and ethics should be prioritised in textbooks.