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Bhitargarh Excavation 2012 Begins |
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Bhitargarh Excavation 2012 began on 16 January 2012, reports ULAB Professor and Archeologist Dr. Shahnaj Husne Jahan. Sixteen ULAB students (7 girls and 9 boys) of the course GED 324: Experiencing the Past have participated in this season. The team is currently unearthing one new structure in the innermost quadrangle of ancient city of Bhitargarh. On 30 January 2012, the team organized a seminar on History and Heritage of Bhitargarh in the Maharajar Dighi area. In the seminar the students shared their view with local residence, school masters and local journalists. On 4 February 2012, local MP, Majaharul Haque Pradhan visited the excavation site.    
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MSJ Freshers' Orientation |
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Event: MSJ Freshers' Orientation Date: Thursday, February 2 Time:2 pm Venue:Room no. 406, Campus B |
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Dr. Rathana will be on Air at France Culture Radio |
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Dr. Rathana peou van den Heuvel was on France Culture Radio Tuesday, January 31st, where she spoke about the state of natural disasters and environmental migrations, along with François Gemenne and Pauline Brucker. This topic is particularly captivating in light of the latest events of 2010-2011 where almost 40 million people in the world have been forced to be displaced or exiled for such reasons. The radio program was called Tout un monde, and it was broadcasted on Tuesday 31st of January at 3pm Paris time (8pm Dhaka time). Dr. Rathana peou van den Heuvel is Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD). |
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Workshop on Disaster Preparedness |
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A three-day long workshop on "Urban Volunteer Training on Collapsed Structure, Search, Rescue, Fire Fighting and First Aid" was held at ULAB from 26 January to 28 January, 2012. It was jointly organized by the Center for Sustainbale Development (CSD) and ULAB SD Club. The training was provided by Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense. A day-long practical training at the field as well as two day long theory class complied the workshop. More than fifty faculty members, students, admin officers and admin stuffs attended the workshop. The workshop included collapsed structure rescue, earthquake preparation, fire fighting and first aid. The participants were presented with certificates by the Fire Service. They will now be recognized as Urban Volunteers of Fire Service. Brigadier General Abu Nayeem Md. Shahidullah, Director General of Fire Service & Civil Defense, was the special guest of the opening ceremony and Prof. Imran Rahman, acting Vice Chancellor of ULAB, was the chief guest at the opening ceremony. |
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Text Extraction from Scene Images Using Morphology Based Approach |
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The paper, "Text Extraction from Scene Images Using Morphology Based Approach" was accepted for presentation in International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision, ICIEV12, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 18-19 May, 2012. This paper is authored by Mohammad Shorif Uddin (Advisor, ETE, ULAB) and Madeena Sultana (Lecturer, CSE, ULAB), Tanzila Rahman, Umme Sayma Busra. |
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Professor Mannan presents his books to President |
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Professor Abdul Mannan, ULAB School of Business, met the Honorable President Md. Zillur Rahman at Bangabhavan on January 29 and presented him with a set of his books. the Honorable President thanked Professor Mannan for the books and advised him to write more on education and social issues in his regular newspapers columns.  |
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