Dr ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon, Minister for Education and Primary and Mass Education, has said an initiative will be taken to establish a postgraduate university in the country on the model of the developed world to advance higher education, research and innovation.
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has said a low pressure may form over the north-west Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal-Bangladesh coastal area within the next 24 hours. At the same time, it has forecast rain and thunderstorms in different regions of the country.
Md Abdus Salam, administrator of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and a valiant freedom fighter, has said it is not possible to properly depict the history of the Liberation War and the Language Movement without films.
Mahdi Amin, education adviser to the prime minister, has called on the opposition not to oppose everything and instead make logical and constructive criticism. He said criticism will remain in a democracy but it must be logic-based and constructive. False propaganda and character assassination should not be done in any way.
The court has sent Farhan Shahriar alias Ivan, arrested in a case filed over threats, intimidation, serious assault and demand for toll on Professor Dr Md Asadur Rahman of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, to five-day remand.
Salahuddin Ahmed, Home Minister, has said the social and cultural environment of Brahmanbaria is different from other areas and that music, instruments and cinema have been almost like banned there for many years.