JnU publishes admission test results for 3 units

The results were announced today through separate notices on the university's website and social media pages
23 March 2025

Transnational education: Expanding access to world-class learning in Bangladesh

For many students, pursuing higher education abroad remains an unattainable dream due to high costs and logistical challenges. However, transnational education (TNE) is reshaping the global learning landscape, offering internationally recognised degrees without the need to leave one’s home country.
22 March 2025

Protest at DU over ‘obscene remarks’ on religion

Witnesses said students, under the banners of Hindu Students of Dhaka University and the Bangladesh United Sanatani Awakening Alliance, held a protest rally at the Raju Sculpture around 7:20pm. After a brief rally, they marched through VC Chattar and Fuller Road, concluding at Jagannath Hall
20 March 2025

Polytechnic students block roads in Dhaka, Chattogram, Tangail

One of the major demands include the cancellation of the 30 percent promotion quota for Craft Instructors to the position of Junior Instructor
20 March 2025

Former UGC chairman Prof Shahidullah passes away

Former University Grants  Commission Chairman Prof Kazi Shahidullah passed away yesterday while undergoing treatment in Australia. He was 72.
19 March 2025

SSC Mathematics exam rescheduled to April 21

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Mathematics exam scheduled for April 20 has been postponed due to Easter Sunday
19 March 2025

HC stays publication of DU ‘Ga’ unit admission test results

The High Court today stayed the publication of the results of Dhaka University's “Ga” unit admission test, held on February 8, for two months, citing allegations of anomalies in the question paper
19 March 2025

Commotion over list of suspended: DU students try to surround VC office

They went to surround the VC's office around 3:00pm. However, they returned to their dormitories after the university proctor, Saifuddin Ahmed, assured them of a complete list to be published soon
18 March 2025

Govt grants approval to Grameen University

This new university will be located in Dhaka
18 March 2025

Attacks on July uprisers: DU suspends 128 students

Dhaka University yesterday suspended 128 students over their alleged involvement in attacks on protesters during the student-led mass uprising from July 15 to August 5 on the university campus.
17 March 2025

Govt to reinstate scholarship in primary level

Primary and Mass Education Adviser Professor Dr Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder yesterday said the government was thinking of reintroducing scholarship in the primary level.   
14 March 2025

Pry school teachers: Cops use water cannons, batons on protesters

Police yesterday charged batons and used water cannons to disperse a procession of non-government primary school teachers demanding nationalisation of their institutions.
12 March 2025

Protest in RU demands highest punishment for rapists

They also demanded that the government take necessary measures to prevent such crimes and ensure the overall safety of women and the general public
8 March 2025

Teacher crisis plagues public medical colleges

43pc posts lie vacant; colleges built during AL rule worse off
6 March 2025

Ex-DU VC Arefin Siddique on life support

Quoting doctors, Arefin’s younger brother told The Daily Star that he suffered a stroke while buying some things from a shop near Dhaka Club around 2:45pm
6 March 2025

RU tourism students block admin building, clash with staffers over chairperson appointment

Students demanded appointment of chairperson from within their department
6 March 2025

Perks, bonuses of MPO teachers set to increase

On his last day as education adviser yesterday, Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud said he believed private institution teachers’ demand for a pay rise is fair but the issue cannot be settled with just one or two years’ budgets.
5 March 2025

Pry, secondary schools: Millions of students still without textbooks

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.
5 March 2025

CU sends letters to halls, depts 20 days after student expulsions

The authorities of Chittagong University (CU) today sent letters to the residential halls and relevant departments, 20 days after expelling a female student and suspending nine others
5 March 2025

Secondary school: 5pc quota for July martyrs’ families revoked

The Ministry of Education has revoked its decision to allocate a five percent quota in government secondary schools for family members of those injured or killed during the July Uprising and has instead instructed that one extra seat per class be reserved for such students.
4 March 2025