Collaboration for universities at the IAUP triennial conference in Beijing

An agreement has been signed to promote academic growth, faculty exchange, collaborative research, and cross-border cooperation to improve the standards of higher education
15 October 2024

'Our dreams shattered by a bullet'

Rayhan’s family after his HSC results
15 October 2024

Madrasa Board tops results with 93.40pc pass rate

Despite an overall decline in the pass rate for this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations, the Madrasa Board has emerged as the top-performing board among all education boards
15 October 2024

Work together to remove barriers to girls' education: speakers

Identifying the barriers to girls' education in disadvantaged areas and finding solutions to ensure quality education requires coordinated efforts from the government, civil society, development organisations, and local leaders, said speakers at a discussion today
15 October 2024

1.45 lakh students achieve GPA-5 in HSC, equivalent exams, girls outshine boys

Of these, 1,31,376 students are from the nine general education boards, 9,613 from the Madrasah Board, and 4,922 from the Technical Board
15 October 2024

HSC results: Institutions with 0% pass rate rises to 65

In 65 educational institutions across the country, no students passed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations this year, according to the results published today
15 October 2024

Girls outperform boys in HSC, equivalent exams once again

Across all boards, a total of 6,65,045 girls sat for the HSC, while the number was 6,66,013 for boys
15 October 2024

Auto-pass for all HSC examinees will undermine results of majority: edu adviser

Education Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud today said if all HSC candidates are given auto-pass, it will undermine the results of majority of the students who passed the exams through hard work
14 October 2024

Nahid rejects honour amid student protests in BRUR

Information Adviser Nahid Islam yesterday declined the honour bestowed upon him during the anniversary celebration of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), responding to demands raised by students
12 October 2024

No playground at most primary schools in Pabna

Raihan, a third-grader at Alia Madrasa Government Primary School in Pabna municipality, often ventures outside the school compound during recess, defying his teachers’ instructions.
11 October 2024

Primary schools barely looked after

A major project to build more classrooms, sanitation facilities and make other improvements in primary schools has not made much progress in six years while the poor environment continues to harm learning and teaching.
10 October 2024

Separate pay scale for teachers still not in sight

A separate pay scale for teachers, aimed at ensuring their financial security and respect, remains elusive due to the indifference of successive governments towards this critical issue.
4 October 2024

Education Service Commission demanded for private sector

Bangladesh College Shikkhak Samity (Bakshis) and Bangladesh Principals’ Council (BPC) today demanded that the interim government constitute a separate Education Service Commission with qualified and efficient teachers to improve the quality of education
4 October 2024

Reinstate coordination committee for revising textbooks

Demand 122 eminent citizens in a statement
30 September 2024

Dissolution of textbook revision body: Chhatra Front condemns ministry decision

Samajtantrik Chhatra Front (SCF) today condemned the education ministry’s decision to dissolve a committee formed to revise textbooks under the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB), terming it an “undemocratic decision”
29 September 2024

JU forms probe body over sexual harassment by professor

Jahangirnagar University has formed a five-member fact-finding committee to investigate the allegations of sexual harassment against Prof Dr Amir Hossain Bhuyian of environmental sciences department
29 September 2024

Revising textbooks: Govt dissolves committee in face of flak

The government yesterday dissolved a committee formed earlier this month to revise the textbooks under the National Curriculum and Textbook Board.
28 September 2024

Shahjalal Bank provides scholarship to 350 SSC graduates

Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC has awarded scholarships to 350 meritorious students who passed the SSC from underprivileged backgrounds from different parts of the country
28 September 2024

Academic activities at SUST to resume Oct 20: Official

Students will be able to move into the residential halls between October 8 and 15
26 September 2024

HSC results by mid-Oct

The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams will be finalised through subject mapping, where marks for six cancelled exams will be calculated based on students’ results from the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams.
25 September 2024