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Pakistan hosts Bangladeshi academic delegation under OIC's scientific cooperation framework
ISLAMABAD: A seven-member delegation from Bangladeshi universities is currently visiting Pakistan to deepen academic and scientific cooperation between the two countries, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's coordinating body for scientific collaboration said on Thursday. Pakistan and Bangladesh, once a single country before the bloody 1971 war, have slowly begun rebuilding ties after last year's political upheaval in Dhaka, which saw the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid, long viewed as critical of Islamabad and aligned with New Delhi. She fled to India by helicopter after her administration's downfall in August 2024, with Dhaka now seeking her extradition. The ties between India and Bangladesh's interim government have become frosty, creating space for Islamabad and Dhaka to re-engage after decades of limited contact. 'The forum brought together a seven-member Bangladeshi delegation comprising vice chancellors and senior representatives from leading universities, and vice chancellors from 15 top Pakistani universities, which are part of COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence,' the OIC-COMSTECH said in a statement, adding that academics from Bangladesh are visiting Pakistan from June 16-21. The visiting delegation termed their ongoing visit as 'historical, highly productive and promising' for academic collaboration between Bangladesh and Pakistan. Vice chancellors from Pakistani and Bangladeshi universities held discussions aimed at deepening academic and scientific cooperation, it added. The meetings focused on expanding collaboration in key areas including student and faculty exchange programs, scholarship opportunities, joint research initiatives apart from sharing academic expertise. The participants of the meeting also agreed that each university would appoint a focal person to ensure effective follow-up on commitments made during the visit. Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan Iqbal Hussain Khan, the chief guest at the event, praised COMSTECH for offering scholarships, organizing the visit and facilitating meaningful academic exchanges between higher education institutions of the two countries. In May, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar agreed to strengthen bilateral relationship with Bangladesh and maintain high-level contacts with its leadership. Pakistan's government launched a new program in December 2024 through which it will provide fully funded scholarships to 300 Bangladeshi students. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Bangladesh Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus in New York last year at a ceremony hosted by the Bangladeshi leader to mark the completion of 50 years of Bangladesh's membership in the United Nations. Both sides had agreed to forge stronger ties and enhance bilateral cooperation in various fields during their meeting.
Times of Oman
20-05-2025
- Science
- Times of Oman
Oman participates in annual meeting of Global Research Council
Riyadh: The Sultanate of Oman is taking part in the 13th annual meeting of the Global Research Council, held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia until 22 May. Oman's delegation to the meeting is headed by Dr. Saif Abdullah Al Haddabi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation for Research and Innovation. The meeting, attended by over 50 delegations of heads of national research councils and government funding agencies from various world countries, aims to strengthen international scientific cooperation, facilitate the exchange of expertise and knowledge among research and funding institutions globally, and focus on global ambitions in research, development, and innovation, which many countries seek to achieve. The agenda includes several side events, panel discussions, and presentations of working papers by keynote speakers on topics related to the use of artificial intelligence in managing and evaluating scientific research and innovation support programs, as well as measuring their impact and outcomes on national economies.
South China Morning Post
18-05-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
Nobel physicist Giorgio Parisi takes up complexity sciences post in China
Italian theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Giorgio Parisi has taken up a senior position at a university in eastern China as the country strives to attract established scientists for top-tier research. The winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for physics has moved from Rome to be a discipline leader at an international research centre for complexity sciences at Beihang University's Hangzhou campus in Zhejiang province. According to a university social media post, Beihang Communist Party secretary Zhao Changlu said he hoped Parisi would recommend more top researchers to join the university and help make it more international. Parisi said he would endeavour to 'promote more scientific cooperation between Beihang University and Italy, as well as with the rest of Europe', according to the post. The Hangzhou Innovation Research Institute, where Parisi will be based, is a joint project between the Zhejiang government and Beihang University, a training ground in Beijing for China's aerospace industry. The institute was officially opened in March 2023 and aims to become 'an international education and academic collaboration platform'. It has 20 research centres and is recruiting staff from China and abroad to join them.
