Arafat Rahaman

Despite pledging special attention to education and health, the government has proposed only slight increases in allocations for both sectors in the national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025–26.

This was targeted violence, against women, by men who knew exactly what they were doing

"Dhaka has become one big group project, where everyone's angry"

When protest seeks to punish through pressure, it crosses a clear ethical line

The government has decided to form a search committee to recommend vice-chancellors, pro-VCs, and treasurers for public universities. But educationists are criticising the timing and intent of the move as most of these top positions in at least 47 universities have already been filled.

At Joymontop village in Manikganj, a long-held dream is starting to become reality. A reality where cancer patients would no longer suffer in silence or lose their life because of poverty.

Polytechnic students across the country resumed protests on Saturday, demanding urgent reforms through a six-point charter to fix long-standing problems in recruitment policies, education standards, and job opportunities.

Miftahul Jannat Ashra travelled all the way from Chattogram with her parents to claim the reward of years of hard work.

With students now on their Ramadan and Eid holiday, Wahiduddin, on his final day as adviser yesterday, once again promised that the books would be delivered by March 10.

Both the previous government (Awami League) and opposition groups recruited, paid, and used children in violence during the July uprising, a United Nations Fact-Finding Mission has reported.

Instead of dismantling organised crime, the interim government appears to be using law enforcement as another tool for political persecution

A month on, there is still no justice for violence against adivasis

The government’s advisory committee on primary education reform has proposed a new system for teacher recruitment.

The United Nations fact-finding report has exposed disturbing accounts of gender-based violence during the July uprising last year, with women protesters facing physical assaults, rape threats, and arbitrary detention.

Enforced disappearances have long been a dark stain on Bangladesh's history, with Aynaghar standing as one of the most harrowing symbols of this systemic abuse.

A government-appointed advisory committee yesterday recommended scrapping the Primary Education Completion Examination and similar tests.

The Public Administration Reform Commission has proposed the creation of a separate body for recruitment tests to appoint education cadre officers.

The Police Headquarters has recommended suspending the recruitment process for all 310 police cadre posts from the 44th to 47th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations.

For years, extrajudicial killings have almost been a hallmark of Bangladesh law enforcement practices

Two weeks after the attack on adivasi protesters, the attackers still roam free