College principal suspended in Ctg over FB post

Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) today temporarily suspended the principal of its women's college over a Facebook post that allegedly hurts religious sentiment
16 April 2023

Pahela Baishakh at schools, colleges: DSHE backtracks, issues new directives

The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) has backtracked from the directive that made rallies compulsory in educational institutions on the day of the Bangla New Year
13 April 2023

Literacy rate in Bangladesh rises to 74%

The literacy rate in Bangladesh rose to 74 per cent in 2022, according to the Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2022 of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
12 April 2023

Sexual harassment, rigid social norms biggest challenges to female education

Rights activists said that challenges like sexual harassment, lack of better educational facilities, domestic violence, unfavourable social norms and values, and patriarchal social attitudes, are some obstacles to women's empowerment in the country
11 April 2023

Renowned physicist Prof Md Abul Hossain appointed Gono Bishwabidyalay VC

Renowned physicist Prof Md Abul Hossain has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Gono Bishwabidyalay
11 April 2023

Tax on pvt universities: HC now can hear pending petitions

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today cleared the way for the High Court to hear and dispose of nearly 100 pending writ petitions involving imposition of 15 percent income tax on private universities
6 April 2023

Public univ admission: Single entry exam from next year

From the next academic year, all public universities have to enrol students through a single admission test and the government will set up a separate authority to hold that exam.
4 April 2023

4 fully funded Creative Writing MFA programs in the US worth exploring

While Canada, and now some programs in the UK, have also started offering the degree, it is in the United States that it is most common and rigorous.
2 April 2023

‘The new curriculum must be implemented’

Implementation of the new educational curriculum is a must to cope with the changing world and lead Bangladesh towards becoming a developed country, said Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday.
29 March 2023

Primary schools to remain open till April 7

All primary schools in the country will remain open till 15 Ramadan (April 7), according to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
23 March 2023

Bogura judge removed for forcing student's mother to touch her feet

Additional District and Sessions Judge Rubaiya Yeasmin has been removed from Bogura and attached to the law ministry for forcing the mother of a student in the district to touch her feet and beg forgiveness
23 March 2023

Buet opens biomedical research lab

A state-of-the-art laboratory for biomedical research was launched at the Biomedical Engineering department in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet)
22 March 2023

Build career through discipline: Army chief of general staff to students in Pabna univ

Bangladesh Army Chief of General Staff Lt Gen Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan today stressed the need for ensuring discipline and responsibility with morality in the entire academic system to build up an enlightened society.
20 March 2023

SAF alumni reunion held in Dhaka

The second reunion of the South Asian Foundation (SAF) Alumni was held on March 18 at Gulshan Club, Dhaka.
20 March 2023

Govt launches ProGRESS Project for inclusive skill development

This initiative aims to strengthen the TVET and enterprise development systems in Bangladesh while improving work opportunities for Bangladeshi women in many different sectors.
20 March 2023

Keep watch on moral compass while building your careers

Graduates should explore and build their careers keeping eyes on their moral compass, said renowned economist Wahiduddin Mahmud yesterday.
19 March 2023

BUP's Team Sirius scoops up AdventHR Season 2 title

Team Sirius from the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) Saturday clinched the title of the AdventHR 2.0, an HR strategy-based case competition.
19 March 2023

NSU holds blood donation programme

The annual “Blood Donation Drive 2023” organised by North South University Social Services Club (NSU SSC) started on the NSU campus today, said a press release..The programme for the university students will continue till March 21. .In collaboration with the Bangladesh Thalassemia Fo
19 March 2023

Bringing education to a remote char

The light of education hardly ever reached Char Kalikapur, an inaccessible area on the Teesta riverbed. For the children of 400 families of this area, going to school remained a distant dream amid other harsh realities.
18 March 2023

Chinese embassy initiates smart classrooms in Chandpur

Chinese embassy in Bangladesh handed over the first smart classroom equipped with the latest smart education solution from Huawei under a friendship project for talent development. .As the very first initiative, Chandpur Government Technical School and College located at Shologhar has been
18 March 2023