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First Day of Undergraduate Classes |
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First day of classes for all undergraduates is Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Welcome back to ULAB for the Spring 2012 term! |
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Freshers Orientation Spring 2012 |
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Orientation for undergraduate Spring 2012 freshers will be on Sunday, January 29, 2012, in the ULAB Auditorium. We look forward to meeting you! |
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ULAB organized its 5th annual day-long Book Fair at its own Dhanmondi Campus. 15 different organizations, publishers & suppliers participated at the fair. Mr. Emdadul Haque Milon, Renowned Writer and Acting Editor, The Daily Kalerkantho, was present as the chief guest and opened the Fair.  ULAB Vice Chancellor, Professor Imran Rahman spoke on the occasion and gave vote of thanks. Dr. Rafiqul Islam, Professor Emeritus, and Professor Abdul Mannan also spoke on the occasion. Among others from ULAB, Professor Mohit-ul-Alam, Head of English and Humanities (DEH), Professor Milan Kumar Bhattacharjee, Head, School of Business Administration, Professor Sazzad Hossain, Head of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Professor H. M. Jahirul Hoque, Director, Academic Affairs, Khaled Khan, Registrar, ULAB and other Senior Faculty Members, students and staff were present at the occasion. Mr. Hasan Emam, Deputy Librarian, ULAB conducted the inaugural session. Mr. Anis Pervez, Associate Professor, Media Studied and Journalism (MSJ) and Coordinator, Library Affairs delivered welcome address. Books were sold on 15%-35% discount and the fair was open to all. |
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Literary Debate and Skit Performance |
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Literary Debate and Skit Performance by Students of Victorian Literature The students of ENG 402: Victorian Literature are going to organize three debates and two skit performances on 29 December, 2011. The event will be held in the university Auditorium in campus A at 11:00 am. |
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Dr Razia Khan, ULAB's first Head of English & Humanities, passes away |
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It is my sad duty to inform you all that Dr. Razia Khan Amin, ULAB's first Head of English and Humanities, passed away last evening, December 28, 2011. Her namaz-e-janaza will take place Thursday, December 29, 2011, following Zohr prayers, at the Dhaka University Mosque.
 Dr. Amin is widely acknowledged as one of the finest professors of English at the University of Dhaka. She was a direct teacher of many of the senior faculty of English, including ULAB's own current Head of English and Humanities, Professor Mohit ul Alam. Her obituary, published in today's Daily Star, is copied below.
Please join me in expressing ULAB's community's deepest condolences at her passing.
Best wishes,
Professor Imran Rahman
Acting Vice Chancellor
Prof Razia Khan passes away
Staff Correspondent
Dr Razia Khan Amin, an eminent litterateur and English professor at Dhaka University, passed away in a city hospital last night at the age of 75.
She had been ill for quite some time.
Prof Razia Khan Amin, daughter of distinguished politician and social activist Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan, is survived by her husband, a son, and a daughter.
Born in 1936, Razia Khan started writing short stories and novels at the age of 8. Her first novel was Bot Tolar Upannyash (1958). She authored a number of novels, poems, and plays in both Bangla and English.
Her literary works include the novels Chitrokabbya, Bot Tolar Upannyash, Anukalpa, Padobik, and Draupadi, the last one being translated into English. Argus Under Anaesthesia (1976) and Cruel April (1977) are two of her collections of poems.
For her contribution in Bangla literature, Dr Razia Khan won the Bangla Academy award, the most prestigious literary award in the country, in 1975. She also won the Ekushey Padak (1997), Ananya Award (1998), and Shilpakala Academy Award for her contribution to theatre in Bangladesh.
The namaz-e-janaza of Dr Razia Khan will be held at DU Central Mosque after Zohr prayers today. She will be buried in Banani Graveyard afterwards.
Aasha Mehreen Amin, magazine editor of The Star, a weekly publication of The Daily Star, is the daughter of Prof Razia Khan Amin. |
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Dr. Rathana conducted a seminar in Scholastica. |
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Scholastica, renowned English Medium Schools in Bangladesh, invited Dr. Rathan Peou to conduct a seminar at their school. The seminar was titled Climate induced Migration, Sustainable Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction Intervention and Policy in Bangladesh. It took place on the 24 December, 2011. Dr. Rathana Peou, associate professor and deputy director of CSD, addressed the issues of migration induced by climate change and climate change adaption in the case of Bangladesh will be addressed in this seminar. Visiting students from USA, as well as students and faculties of Scholastica attended the seminar |
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