Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) - Cadet College Club Literary Society (CCCLS) will host a daylong poetry workshop titled ‘With Poet, With Poetry’ sponsored by Cadet College Club on the club premises on Friday.

The workshop will be conducted by distinguished poet Prof Azfar Hossain. Club members and their guests can join the workshop through registration.

A seven-member executive committee has been formed headed by poet Lutful Hossain in this regard, said a media release on Wednesday.

President of Cadet College Club Group Captain (retd) Md Alamgir said many cadets are involved with literary activities during their stay at cadet colleges but after that they cannot practise it due to lack of a congenial environment.

To provide a platform of literary activities for the ex-cadets, the Club has come up with this literary society under CCCL, the release added.

The club will continue to support this literary and cultural endeavor for the sake of its members and their families.

Chair of the society and author Shakoor Majid said this poetry workshop is the first step as part of regular literary meets of the society members.

Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) continued their protest on Wednesday to press home their 16-point demand.

One of their demands is the cancellation of Student Welfare Director Abul Kashem Mia’s appointment.

Students boycotted classes and examinations and locked the vice-chancellors office and administrative building in the morning. They staged a four-hour sit-in at National Shaheed Minar from 11am.

One of the protesters, Hasan Shahriar Saikat of mechanical engineering department, said that the VC had refused to meet them even as student unrest rocks the country’s premier engineering university.

“We’ll continue to protest until our demands are met,” Saikat said.

The campus remains closed on Thursday and Friday. The protesters said they would declare their next course of action on Saturday.

The demonstration started on June 13 after the VC refused to meet agitating students.

Islamic University, June 19 (UNB)— Professor Dr Nurun Nahar took charge as the chairperson of law department of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Wednesday.

Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari was present at the handing over of charge ceremony as the chief guest around 11am.

Armin Khatun Mallik, assistant professor of the department, conducted the programme while Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr M Shahinoor Rahman and Treasurer Prof Dr M Selim Toha were present as special guests.

Among others, Law Faculty Dean Prof Dr Reba Mondol, Prof Dr Afroza Begum, Prof Dr Shahjahan Mondol, Prof Dr Halima Khatun, Assistant Prof Sazzadur Rahman Titu, Assistant Proctor Dr M Nasir Uddin were also present on the occasion.

Nurun Nahar was appointed to the post after the tenure of previous chairman Professor M Jahurul Islam came to an end.

Islamic University (Kushtia), June 18 (UNB) - Associate Professor M Ashek Raihan Mahmud has been made chairman of the Information and Communication Engineering (ICE) department of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia.

He replaced Associate Professor M Shariful Islam of the department, said SM Abdul Latif, acting registrar of the university, on Tuesday. 

IU Vice-chancellor Prof M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari appointed Ashek Raihan to the post for the next three years, he said.
 

Islamic University, June 17 (UNB) - The results of Fazil, (Degree equivalent) second and final year and Kamil, final year (Master's equivalent) examinations under Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia were published on Monday.

IU vice chancellor professor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari announced the results at a press conference around 12:30pm.

IU acting controller of examinations AK Azad Lovlu said the results are also available at IU website www.iu.ac.bd.