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Bangladesh’s coastal belt: Families pushed into migration, debt traps

A 2023 study found that 59 percent of households in Shyamnagar's three unions had at least one member who migrated for work
12 December 2025, 20:53 PM
12 December 2025, 20:53 PM
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How salinity sank Satkhira farmers' harvests

Crop fields disappear as saltwater invasion forces them to switch to shrimp farming
2 December 2025, 18:09 PM
2 December 2025, 18:09 PM
rising salinity hurting women’s health

The salt in their wounds

Women in coastal area suffer reproductive health problems from rising salinity
28 November 2025, 18:37 PM
28 November 2025, 18:37 PM
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A daily battle for every drop

Shrinking ponds, salt-filled tubewells leave thousands relying on murky water to survive
23 November 2025, 18:37 PM
23 November 2025, 18:37 PM
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Salinity puts lives, livelihoods at risk in the South

Across the southwestern districts of Satkhira and Khulna, millions are witnessing the gradual intrusion of salinity into their lives.
21 November 2025, 18:17 PM
21 November 2025, 18:17 PM
Trafficking to Malaysia

Draft law seeks death penalty for trafficking syndicate members

The advisory council yesterday approved in principle a draft ordinance introducing stringent penalties, including capital punishment, for members of human trafficking rackets.
20 November 2025, 18:19 PM
20 November 2025, 18:19 PM
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Only 44% make it to class 10 after primary

Although 84% of children in Bangladesh complete primary school, less than half go on to finish secondary education, a govt survey reveals
18 November 2025, 18:14 PM
18 November 2025, 18:14 PM
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Govt debt tops Tk 21 trillion

For the first time, Bangladesh’s outstanding government debt has surged past the Tk 21 trillion mark, pushed upward by chronically weak revenue collection and years of ambitious development spending.
14 November 2025, 18:37 PM
14 November 2025, 18:37 PM
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Cheers riding on English

After a big downslide in last year's HSC results, students this year have done better, registering a considerable rise in both pass rates and achieving GPA-5.
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM
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Holidaymaking abroad

Ashiqur Rahman has planned something big this Eid.
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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Roadside shops resort for ordinary people

“Eksho, Eksho, Jai Nen Eksho!” (“100, 100, whatever you take 100!”).
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Girls drop out before SSC Examinations in Bangladesh

Education gets a big boost

The government broke with its tradition in education by boosting the allocation 32 percent year-on-year to Tk 49,009 crore for the next fiscal year.
2 June 2016, 18:00 PM
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Mathematics the key

With the secondary students doing better in mathematics, the SSC results this year show a rise in both the pass rate and the number of GPA-5 achievers in eight general education boards.
11 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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For children with cancer

What makes a mother special? A mother showers her child with unconditional love and holds hands whenever needed. Mothers sacrifice their own comfort for the baby and expect nothing in return.
7 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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Time yet to heal Rana Plaza victims' families

The 24th has become part of Shahida Begum's life. It is the date she goes to the Rana Plaza site every month, be it in the
24 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Jail, fine for pvt tuition

Anyone giving private tuition or coaching will have to face punishment, as the draft of a new law stipulates that the government can take necessary measures to stop private tuition and coaching.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Creative method still ineffective

Teachers of more than 40 percent secondary schools still cannot set question papers in creative method though seven years have gone since its introduction, according to a government report.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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7 schools hiked fees 11-100pc

Seven renowned non-government schools in the capital had collected tuition fees hiked by 11 percent to as high as 100 percent before the government ordered them to stop it, according to a report.
28 January 2016, 18:00 PM
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Education now global

Twenty engineering students are going to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay this year. They will be enrolled in postgraduate and doctoral programmes. A scholarship programme from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) will support their studies while in IIT.
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM
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New books, big smiles

For schoolchildren all over the country, the first morning of the New Year came with the refreshing smell of fresh textbooks. As they went to their respective schools braving the morning chill yesterday, they each were handed over a new set of textbooks at all primary and secondary schools. Beaming with joy, some students held the books up in the air, while some were flipping through the pages after receiving them with a feeling of sheer happiness written on their faces.
1 January 2016, 18:00 PM
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Junior school exams

Class-VIII students have done better than ever in Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination, taking the success rate to a new height.
31 December 2015, 18:00 PM
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Half of books not ready yet for distribution in Bangladesh

With just about 20 days before the new academic year, only half of the total primary school textbooks have been printed and dispatched to different upazilas for distribution. The task is almost complete for the secondary-level books.
10 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Digitalisation ends hassle but lottery anxiety hovers

Guardians aspiring to admit their children to primary and secondary levels in government high schools have got
1 December 2015, 18:00 PM
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Chinese town reborn from ashes of quake

The fate of the residents of Yingxiu changed forever the moment an earthquake hit the small town with the magnitude of 8 on a
13 November 2015, 18:00 PM
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Mixed progress in Bangladesh’s textbook printing

Although a major chunk of the secondary textbooks for the next academic year have already reached different upazilas, the printing job
23 October 2015, 18:00 PM
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Now govt to hire teachers for non-govt institutions in Bangladesh

The government will form in a month a separate commission to recruit teachers at the non-government educational institutions in order to curb corruption in the recruitment process.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
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Some 4.5 lakh teachers in Bangladesh continue protest

As more than a hundred countries observe the World Teachers Day today, around 4.5 lakh teachers in Bangladesh are waging movement over pay and due dignity.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Muhith, Nahid discuss teachers' demands

The government is now looking for alternative ways to give public university teachers the benefits of selection grade and time scale which have been dropped from the national pay scale.
21 September 2015, 18:00 PM

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