Tie higher education to jobs, entrepreneurship: Amir Khosru
21 August 2026
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Education
Dhaka board sets Aug 24 for missed HSC exams
21 August 2026
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Education
A teacher must not become a victim of political vengeance, academics' platform says
16 August 2026
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Education
A year after CU clashes, critically injured students still struggle to recover
16 August 2026
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MPO-listed teachers / PM vows hassle-free retirement benefits
16 August 2026
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Education
RU JCD leader who sued journalists arrested with drugs
15 August 2026
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Campus
312 institutions fail SSC, boards issues show cause notices
14 August 2026
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Education
DU to investigate allegations of anti-state activities involving 58 teachers
13 August 2026
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Campus
DU hall expels 2 students over homosexuality allegations; students deny claims
12 August 2026
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Campus
Books make a comeback in Sreemangal schools
12 August 2026
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Education
Admission question leak: 3 doctors among 7 held in Rangpur
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detains seven people including three doctors in Rangpur city for their alleged involvement in leaking out question papers of medical admission test.
22 September 2015
Question leak: UGC official among 3 remanded
A Dhaka court places University Grants Commission (UGC) Assistant Director Omar Siraj and two others on two-day remand each on charge of question-paper leakage for admission test of medical colleges.
20 September 2015
Medical college admission test results published
The results of the admission test of MBBS and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) were published with a pass rate of 58.4 percent.
20 September 2015
A Day of Science
When was the last time anyone went to a science fair? Hardly anyone can remember. But, most people certainly have a knack for science.
17 September 2015
Libya boat capsize: 27 Bangladeshis return Saturday
Twenty seven Bangladeshis, who survived after two boats capsized off Libyan coast on August 24, are to return home on Saturday.
17 September 2015
GET THAT SCHOLARSHIP
For the thrill of exploring uncharted waters or for the intellectual and personal challenges involved, studying overseas is a hope many of us nurture; but the extortionate international tuition fees can prove an enormous hurdle. So what should we keep in mind when applying for financial aid?
16 September 2015
VAT on pvt universities withdrawn after mass protests (video)
Government scraps 7.5 percent VAT on private universities and medical colleges’ tuition fees in face of mass student protests. The decision has been announced in a notice issued from the finance ministry.
14 September 2015
Private universities call for reviewing VAT
Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) calls upon the government to reconsider its decision to impose VAT on the universities.
11 September 2015
A Humanitarian Appeal
Shamim (not his real name) was searching frantically for a donor with O negative blood. Without a donor, his mother's life would be at risk after a major surgical operation in her stomach. After an exhaustive search, Shamim finally got a donor from Dhaka University's voluntary blood donor group called Badhon.
10 September 2015
Universities, not students to pay VAT: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the private university students will not have to pay any VAT.
10 September 2015
University students cripple Dhaka with anti-VAT demo
Private university students hit the streets across Dhaka demanding withdrawal of the 7.5 percent VAT imposed on tuition fees - a day after police opened fire on East West University students demonstrating on the same demand.
10 September 2015
Studying is Fun
As a student of the national curriculum, I had learned to accept my life for the stressful, miserable phenomenon that it is from an early age. But no amount of mental preparation was enough for admission tests, a spectacle that turned out to be far more terrifying than I could have ever imagined.
9 September 2015
Guide to Surviving First Year in Medical School
There are two types of students in Bangladesh, ones who are complete and utter disappointments to their parents, and others who study engineering or medicine.
9 September 2015
Children must be enrolled in class-I without written test: PM
Stressing that education is a basic right, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says children must be enrolled in Class-I without any written admission test.
8 September 2015
1.30cr primary students to get monthly stipend
A total of one crore and 30 lakh primary school students will get monthly stipend, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman says.
6 September 2015
In association with OVERSEAS STUDY LINK, SHOUT presents quick facts about the London School of Economics (LSE)
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2 September 2015
MAKING CHANGES THROUGH CREATIVE THINKING
“Imagine Write Creatively”, a joint initiative by The Daily Star (TDS) and United International University (UIU), hosted its sixth workshop at the premises of the senior section of Marie Curie School in Dhanmondi, Dhaka on August 27.
2 September 2015
Preparing for the Changes in the New SAT
For high school students seeking higher education in the USA or Canada, the SAT Reasoning Test needs no introduction.
2 September 2015
Abducted Rangpur trader rescued from Nilphamari
A maize trader, abducted from Gangachhara upazila of Rangpur on Tuesday, was rescued in Nilphamari Sadar upazila yesterday.
27 August 2015
'Manspreading' added to online dictionary
The act of "manspreading", or sitting with legs wide apart on public transport, is among 1,000 new words to enter the online Oxford dictionary.
27 August 2015