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Azharul Islam Sheikh
Azharul Islam Sheikh Chanchal is a Bangladeshi academic and the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Dhaka. He is a professor of the department of ceramics at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Dhaka. Early life Sheikh completed his PhD at the University of Rajshahi. Career Sheikh participated in the 11th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh in January 2004, held at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Sheikh, as a newly recruited teacher at the Institute of Fine Arts, was among four faculty members who, alongside Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal activists, attacked protesting students at the Institute of Fine Arts in June 2005. Armed with bamboo sticks, Azharul and his colleagues physically assaulted students, including slapping and punching female protesters. The attack, aimed at dispersing demonstrations against the vice chancellor and proctor, resulted in severe injuries, with some students reportedly missing. The Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal later too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faculty Of Fine Arts, University Of Dhaka
The Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA) is a faculty of the University of Dhaka. It was established in 1948 as the Dhaka Art School. It was the first art school in the region and became the main centre of art and cultural practice. Since 1956 it has been situated in Shahbag, Dhaka, close to the Bangladesh National Museum. Architect Muzharul Islam designed the building. In 2008, the institute took its current name when it became one of the faculties of the University of Dhaka. Influence on art After the institute was established, within a few years, however, it became quite apparent that what was started only as a training centre had assumed a far greater role, for it quickly became a meeting place for all aspiring artists and a forum from which a new art movement could be launched. The faculty and students of the institute were in touch with what was happening in the West. Many teachers went to Europe and Japan for training and came back with new ideas; but they were also steeped in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisar Hossain
Nisar Hossain is a Bangladeshi academic and the former Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. It was during his tenure that the Mangal Shobhajatra, the celebration of Pohela Baishakh organised by the Faculty of Fine Arts, was recognised as an UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017. Early life Hossain was born in 1961 in Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan. He obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1981 from the Department of Drawing and Painting at the University of Dhaka. He later earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in 1985 from the Department of Painting at Visva-Bharati University. Career Hossain is a professor of the Department of Drawing and Painting in the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. Hossain participated in international art exhibitions, residencies, or cultural programs in various countries, including Zimbabwe (1990), India (1994), Germany (1998), Sri Lanka (1999, 2012, and 2013), Denmark (2002), the United States (2009), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academic Staff Of The University Of Dhaka
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Skills, skill, north of Ancient Athens, Athens, Greece. The Royal Spanish Academy defines academy as scientific, literary or artistic society established with public authority and as a teaching establishment, public or private, of a professional, artistic, technical or simply practical nature. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the Gymnasium (ancient Greece), gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive Grove (nature), grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Dhaka Alumni
A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate education, undergraduate and postgraduate education, postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic Church, Catholic monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law and notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Abu Sayed (student Activist)
Abu Sayed (; – 16 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student activist who was shot dead by the police on 16 July 2024, while participating in the 2024 quota reform movement. Sayed was a student of Begum Rokeya University and was involved in the protest in front of the university when the police engaged in lathi charges and opened fire on the students. Early life Abu Sayed grew up in Babanpur village of Pirganj Upazila of Rangpur (then part of Rajshahi Division). His father is Maqbul Hossain and his mother is Monowara Begum. He was the youngest of a family of six brothers and three sisters. He won a talent pool scholarship from the local Jafor Para Government Primary School in the fifth grade. Later, he passed SSC with a Golden GPA-5 from Khalashpir Bilateral High School. After completing SSC, he received a scholarship from the Babylon Group, called the Babylon Scholarship Program, to complete his college education. Then he passed HSC from Rangpur Government College with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangal Shobhajatra
Mangal Shobhajatra, officially titled as Barshabaran Ananda Shobhajatra, is a mass procession that takes place at dawn on the first day of the Bengali New Year in Bangladesh. The procession is organised by the teachers and students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Dhaka. The festival is considered an expression of the secular identity of the Bangladeshi people and as a way to promote unity. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2016, categorised on the representative list as a heritage of humanity. History The procession of the festival was first observed in 1989, when the autocratic ruler Hussain Muhammad Ershad was the president of the country. He became the president of the country through a bloodless coup d'état. At that time, the country was under a military dictatorship and was suffering from floods. A mass uprising took place in Dhaka during which many people, including Noor Hossain, died. The students of the Dhaka Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Students Against Discrimination
Students Against Discrimination () is a platform of Student activism, student activists in Bangladesh formed in 2024 during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, nationwide student-led quota reform movement. The group was involved in the Resignation of Sheikh Hasina, ousting of the country's former Prime minister of Bangladesh, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on 5 August 2024 through the Student–People's uprising. It is an umbrella organization. It works on building the political range of Bangladesh, though it is a non-political organization. On 22 October 2024, the Students Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee jointly announced a Five-Point Demand, five-point demand, advocating for sweeping political and constitutional changes to dismantle what they describe as a "fascist political settlement" and replace it with a Democracy, democratic one. History The organisation was created on 1 July 2024. On 8 July 2024, it announced a 65-member committee, compri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Bachir
Abdul Bashir is a Bangladeshi academic and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Dhaka. Early life Bashir completed his bachelor's, master's, and PhD at the University of Dhaka. Career As chairman of the Provost Standing Committee, Bashir played a key role in overseeing the phased reopening of the University of Dhaka’s residential halls in October 2021, after a prolonged closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. In February 2022, as Provost of Bijoy Ekattor Hall at Dhaka University, Bashir oversaw disciplinary action against three members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League accused of bullying and mentally torturing a first-year student. Following an investigation by a hall-appointed probe committee, the students were suspended from the hall for six months. Bashir was the provost of Bijoy Ekattor Hall at the University of Dhaka. While serving as Provost of Bijoy Ekattor Hall at the University of Dhaka, he confirmed the formation of a probe committee follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Age (Bangladesh)
''New Age'' is a Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper published from Dhaka."7 raped everyday in September," October 2, 2019, '','' Retrieved March 30, 2020"Police attempt to raid New Age office," December 28, 2014, '' |
University Of Dhaka
The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka was founded in 1921 under the Dacca University Act 1920 of the Indian Legislative Council. The establishment of the university in Dhaka was initiated with 600 acres of land requisitioned by the British government in 1905 after a new province of East Bengal and Assam was formed with Dhaka as its capital. Part of the land requisitioned belonged to the estate of Khwaja Salimullah, Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Salimullah. It is modeled after British Universities, British universities. Currently it is the largest public university, public research university in Bangladesh, with a student body of 46,150 and a faculty of 1,992. It has made significant contributions to the modern history of Bangladesh. After the Partition of India, it became the focal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awami League
The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achieving the independence of Bangladesh. It is one of the two dominant parties in the country, along with their traditional rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The party's activities were banned on 10 May 2025, under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009, Anti-Terrorism Act. In 1949, the party was founded as the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League (after 1955, the East Pakistan Awami League) by Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalists, Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Yar Mohammad Khan and Shamsul Huq, and joined later by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy who went on to become Prime Minister of Pakistan. It was established as the Socialism, socialist Bengali people, Bengali alternative to the domination of the Muslim League (Pakistan), Muslim League in Pakist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
