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Masters of Health Economics

Semester: Session 2009-2010

Program: Post-Graduate

Major Area: n/a

Duration: n/a

Requirements:

Those who have passed the Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) from IHE, with CGPA 3.0 and above can directly enroll into the Masters of Health Economics programme without the admission test. Candidates who have passed PGD in Health Economics with CGPA 2.5 more (less than 3.0) will have to take written test for admission into the programme. More ever, those who have obtained at least a three years Bachelor Degree (Hon’s) in Economics or in any other discipline with substantial course work in Economics and obtained 7 (seven) points are eligible to apply.

Fund Info: n/a

Apply Deadline: 14-12-2009

Form Collection:

Applicants will have to collect prescribe form on payment of Tk.500/-(Five hundred) only from the IHE office.

Admission Test Date: 18-12-2009

Admission Test Time: n/a

Contact Address: Contact Md. Fakhrul Alam, Sr. Administrative Officer,

IHE; Phone: 9661900-79/8641.

Special Note:

•The maximum number of candidates to be admitted is 50.

• The last date of application is 14th December 2009 and the written examination will be held on 18th December (Friday) 2009 in the Examination Hall of the Arts Faculty Building (4th floor), University of Dhaka. The Students will be selected on the basis of result in written examination and viva voce.

03 New departments Pharmacy, Microbiology & Biotechnology, Computer Science & Engineering are opened from the session 2009-10. Admission test will be started from 06 November, 2009.

Application form can be collected and submitted at from 01 October to 22 October, 2009.

Admission test of Kha unit will be in 06 November, 2009

Ka unit will be in 13 November, 2009

Admission test of Ga unit will be in 20 November, 2009

Gha unit will be 04 De.cember, 2009 .

,2009 at Jatiya Kabi
The admission test of Kabi Nazrul University, Trishal, Mymensingh will be held on 1, 2, 3 and 4 of November ‘09. Form can be collected from 24/09/2009 to 22/10/2009. Last date of submission is on 24/10/09. Result of admission test will be published on 15/11/09. The admission test will be held under 6 units to take admission into six departments: Computer Science and Engineering, Bengali Language and Literature, English Language and Literaute, Music, Accounting and Information System, and Economics department. To know more click on www.jkkniu.edu.bd

Admission test for first year hons in 2009-2010 secession in BUET will be held on 17th October, 2009. Admission form collection and submission will start in september.

UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA
1st Year Admission 2009-10

“Ka” Unit (A Unit)
( Science, Biology, Pharmacy, Engineering & technology, Earth Science Faculty)
Year: 2009-10
Program: Honours
Duration: 4 years

Requirements:
Candidates have to a total GPA of 8.00 from the SSC/Dakhil and HSC/Alim examination and equivalent.
Apply Deadline: 01-10-2009 to 01-10-2009
Form Collection: Agrani Bank, Karjon hall, DU.

Admission Test Date: 13-11-2009 ( 13 November)
Admission Test Time: 10 a.m
Seats: 1398

“Kha” Unit (B Unit)
(Arts, Social science, Law Faculty)
Year: 2009-10
Program: Honours
Duration: 4 years

Requirements:
Candidates have to a total GPA of 7.00 from the SSC/Dakhil and HSC/Alim examination and equivalent.
Apply Deadline: 01-10-2009 to 01-10-2009
Form Collection: Sonali Bank, TSC, DU.

Admission Test Date: 06-11-2009 ( 06 November)
Admission Test Time: 10 a.m
Seats: 2332

“Ga” Unit (C Unit)
(Business Faculty)
Year: 2009-10
Program: Honours
Duration: 4 years

Requirements:
Candidates have to a total GPA of 7.50 from the SSC/Dakhil and HSC/Alim examination and equivalent.
Apply Deadline: 01-10-2009 to 01-10-2009
Form Collection: Jonata Bank, Resister Building, DU.
Admission Test Date: 20-11-2009 ( 20 November)
Admission Test Time: 10 a.m
Seats: 2332

“Gha” Unit (D Unit)
(Business Faculty)
Year: 2009-10
Program: Honours
Duration: 4 years

Requirements:
Candidates have to a total GPA of 8.00( Science), 7.50 (Commerce), 7.00 (Arts) from the SSC/Dakhil and HSC/Alim examination and equivalent.
Apply Deadline: 01-10-2009 to 01-10-2009
Form Collection: Sonali Bank, TSC, DU.

Admission Test Date:04-12-2009 ( 04 December)
Admission Test Time: 10 a.m
Seats: 650
“Ca” Unit (E Unit)
(Fine Arts)
Year: 2009-10
Program: Honours
Duration: 4 years

Requirements:
Candidates have to a total GPA of 6.00 from the SSC/Dakhil and HSC/Alim examination and equivalent.
Apply Deadline: 01-10-2009 to 01-10-2009
Form Collection: Sonali Bank, National Museum Branch.
Admission Test Date:11-12-2009 ( 11 December)
Admission Test Time: 10 a.m
Seats: n/a

“Ma” Unit
(Private medical)
Year: 2009-10
Program: Honours
Duration: 4 years

Requirements:
Candidates have to a total GPA of 7.00 from the SSC/Dakhil and HSC/Alim examination and equivalent.
Apply Deadline: 01-10-2009 to 01-10-2009
Form Collection: Agrani Bank, Bangla Academy.
Admission Test Date: 06-11-2009 ( 06 November)
Admission Test Time: 10 a.m
Seats: N/A

North South University hosts the national championship of World Cyber Games 2009 this year. The selection round started in thursday 13th of August and final round held in Sunday 16th of August.This year one thousand and one hundred participant had taken part in the selection round. Winning 1 gamer from FIFA and 5 gamer from Counter strike will take part in the World Cyber Games 2009 which will be held in China at the city of Chengdu.This year gamers from 80 countries around the globe will take part in WCG. As usual this year the main sponsor of the event was Samsung and this year the sponsor of final round is Mojo. Other sponsors are Link-3 technologies, Smart Technologies, Intel & Gigabyte.

On May 25, 2009 IBAIS University observed the 110th birth anniversary of the National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. The program was inaugurated by the Dr. Zakaria Lincoln, President and the then Vice-Chancellor (Acting), IBAIS University. A discussion on the National Poet’s life with proper veneration, singing Nazrul Song, reciting Nazrul Poetry gave the program a sanctimonious mood. Among others, Prof. Dr. Khandkar Rezaur Rahman, the then Dean, Faculty of Arts & Head, Dept. of English; Sheikh M. Alauddin, Controller of Examinations; Md. Hasan, Head, Dept. of Tourism and Hotel Management; Mr. Hafizur Rahman Sajal, Lecturer were present in the program and made it a grand success.

Campus news:
Speakers at the inauguration ceremony of a four day long training on ‘Resource Management through Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS)’ stressed the need for GIS professional Documentation containing megadata which is a rapidly growing technological field that incorporates graphical features in order to assess real-world problems. Held at the ARD conference Room of Central Library of the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), the function was chaired by Professor Dr. M. Mamunur Rashid, Head, Department of Aquaculture. Eminent Scientist Professor Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam, Convener, Dean Council and Dean Faculty of Fisheries was present as chief guest at the inaugural function while Professor Dr. Md. Sultanuddin Bhuiya, Coordinator, Committee for Advanced Studies and Research (CASR )was the special guest on the occasion. Dr. M. A. Salam, Convener, organizing committee and Resource Person GIS Training explained the aims and objective training course while Mr. Md. Golam Mahboob, Resource person and Scientific Officer, Training and Communication Wing, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute ( BARI ), Gazipur delivered the lecture on RS Training. Organizing Committee of the training program added that the closing and certificate awarding ceremony of the GIS and RS training program will be held on 23 rd July 2009 at the BAU Central Library at 12:30 p.m. Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. M.A. Sattar Mandal will be the chief guest while Dr. M. G. Hussain, Director General , Bangladesh Fisheries research Institute (BFRI) will be the special guest on the occasion. Professor Dr. M. Mamunur Rashid, Head, Department of Aquaculture, will preside over the function.

Bangladesh has a nascent financial market. To achieve the goal of Digital Bangladesh, we have to turn this into a thriving financial market with real-time transactions and secure, trusted payment systems. We are already sitting on an infrastructure and consumer-base: the vast mobile communication network and 45 million mobile users that is growing 30% each year. With that in mind, lets see how mobile payments work, and how it can improve lives in Bangladesh.

Newspapers are full of stories of customers walking out of banks and getting robbed. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to not have to carry a lot of money, instead just carry a means to be able to give the money to others? Rest of the world does this with cheques, electronic funds transfers (EFT) and credit/debit cards. But in Bangladesh, we are still a cash-based society. The Governor of Bangladesh Bank recently stated that only 13 percent of the country (19 million accounts) utilizes banking services. Cheques are not trusted, EFTs require too much time, and the infrastructure for wide acceptance credit cards do not exist.

We used to wait for hours to pay an electricity, telephone or gas bill. What if those bills could be paid from the comfort of our home?

For small business owners or microcredit borrowers, going to the bank means loss of productivity. Buying something often means carrying large sums of cash across unsafe areas–the list of risks and inconveniences is endless.

The solution does not lie in the develop world’s credit card or web-based e-payments, since Bangladesh lacks the vast infrastructure required for that. The answer lies in our pockets: our mobile phones. With extensive adoption in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South Africa, etc, mobile payments have been proven to be a mature technology, and can open the door to electronic money transfer and solve all these problems. Want to pay your electricity bill? Pick up the phone, enter your password, enter the account number and amount of the bill. Instead of 5 hours in a line, you are done in a minute. Want to buy a TV? Just pay using your phone.

The microcredit borrower can get account balances, pay a merchant, repay the bank, and receive payments, all through her mobile phone.

During the last 16 months, Bangladesh received US$685 million per month in remittance from abroad. (Source: Bangladesh Bank). With the convenience of Mobile Payment, it would be simple to send and receive funds, saving trips to the banks.

The technologies involved are simple and available today. We will discuss some of the common ones here.

To start, the payer (mobile subscriber) registers with a mobile payment service provider (MPSP), and deposit funds in a bank account. When registering, s/he also selects a personal identification number (PIN).

Payments can work over SMS. A SMS message could say, “Pay GAS 123-456 500” and the MPSP would know that the payer is paying his gas bill of Tk. 500 for account 123-456.

Software loaded on the phone or SIM can also do the transactions, but that will require high-end phones or new SIMs, which are expensive. Browsers running on mobile phones also work, but that means additional cost.

USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) is a SMS-like solution that is available on all GSM phones. Using USSD, the payment process works like SMS, but be more secure.

The last option is interactive voice response (IVR). The payer dials a number, the system recognizes him from his caller ID, and calls him back. Then he enters his PIN, and responds to the prompts to make the payment.

A very important question with any electronic transaction is, how secure is the account-holder’s funds? The answer changes with the technology involved.