Arafat Rahaman

As the world celebrates International Teachers’ Day to honour educators and their role in society, teachers in Bangladesh are observing it in a different reality.

Teachers, staff still holding up the polls, and Rucsu still in their grip

Nearly one in five Bangladeshis aged seven and above remains illiterate, despite Tk 4,000 crore being spent on literacy programmes over the past 34 years.

One year after the July uprising, Bangladesh finds itself at a critical juncture, yet shows little sign of crossing it

Of 56 public universities across the country, only seven have the legal provision for a central students' union

One year into its tenure, the interim government is struggling to bring stability to the country’s educational institutions, beset by campus unrest and disruptions to academic activities.

Extortion allegations taint SAD, shaking the student-led uprising that inspired a nation

Bangladesh’s student movements have long been rooted in the dormitories of public universities -- Dhaka University, Rajshahi University, Jahangirnagar University, and Chittagong University -- where slogans, marches, and political pressure have often driven change.

The much-anticipated Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) election is likely to be held in the second week of September.

The pass rate in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations across all nine general education boards has dropped to 68.04 percent, the lowest in 16 years.

We have turned the victim's trauma into commodity in an insatiably frenzy for traction

30 of 47 newly appointed VC had ties to teachers' groups linked with BNP or Jamaat

Bangladesh’s technical education sector is facing a slow-burning crisis, shaped by a severe shortage of teachers, poor infrastructure, and steadily declining student interest.

Rights groups say the state's failure to act swiftly and decisively has to some extent emboldened mobs and contributed to a climate where vigilante justice is becoming commonplace.

A journalism teacher at Begum Rokeya University, Mahmudul Haque now sits in jail

It was supposed to be a routine traffic stop. Two women on a motorbike were stopped in Hatirjheel for not wearing helmets

Our hospitals exist to heal bodies, not feed egos

When was the last time you saw more than 23000 people packed into a stadium for a Bangladesh football match? When did fans last beg for tickets, attempt to break through gates, and prompt an army intervention?

In Bangladesh, one does not need to teach a generation, invent a cure for a disease, feed the hungry, or fight for justice to be honoured. In this country, respect comes cheaper

This is not a mere collapse of law and order. It is a slow but certain decay of democracy