Many private universities are flouting laws as they are running programmes without any approval and carrying out educational activities on “unauthorised” campuses.

Daffodil International University (DIU) is set to host a national virtual conference on ‘Industrial Technology Innovation Management for Sustainable Economic Development of Bangladesh’ on September 25, 2021. The inaugural session followed by a plenary session of the conference will be held live from 5 pm on DIU’s official Facebook page and Campus TV, along with Zoom. American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham), Bangladesh Association of Call Center and Outsourcing (BACCO) and Skill.jobs are the co-host organisations of the event.

This year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations are likely to begin on November 14, said an education board chairman.

Twenty science and technology, and general public universities will start holding centralised admission tests from October 17.

The government has approved of another private university, named Sheikh Hasina University of Science & Technology.

Nargis Nahar and eight other girls graduated from class eight together at Sardob High School in 2020 before the pandemic hit. After schools were shut down, she lost touch with her friends.

Most students have been wearing masks and sanitising their hands at the gates of schools and maintaining social distances in the classrooms.

Residential halls of Dhaka University (DU) -- for masters and final-year honours students -- are going to reopen from October 5.

Education Minister Dipu Moni has said the school authorities concerned can allow guardians to pay tuition fees in instalments if those are big.

It’s time to stop the commercialisation of our education system, said academics yesterday.

Around forty-three percent of Dhaka University students got Covid shots until yesterday and the university authorities are thinking about reopening dormitories in the first week of next month.

Anika Shahjabin from Bangladesh got the opportunity to undertake the Schuman Traineeship, a prestigious internship offered by the European Parliament. She joined the Directorate General of External Policies at Brussels. It is a great way to get acquainted with protocols of European institutions.

After 543 days of closure, schools and colleges across the country reopened earlier this week with a festive atmosphere, as students returned to campuses after more than a year of online classes. Being a first-year student of Mugda Medical College, I am more than glad to resume my MBBS courses in-person, given that remote learning was pretty hectic.

Students of eighth and ninth grades will attend in-person classes two days a week from Monday, instead of once in a week.

Students of Grade 8 and 9 are attending in-person classes one day in a week but they need to attend classes two days each week from September 20, Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) Director Belal Hossain said today.

Jahangirnagar University students yesterday staged a demonstration on the campus demanding resumption of in-person academic activities and reopening of dormitories by September 30.

Education Minister Dipu Moni today told Parliament that allegations of failing to reopen for fear of “student movement” is comical. 

Dream School, an online based platform, emphasises on fun and innovative techniques to engage children.

Thirty educational institutions in Kushtia’s Daulatpur are yet to open as these are submerged by floodwater.

The government is planning an overhaul of the education system which, among other changes, will scrap any public exams before class 10 and also ensure no exams of any kind for students up to class 3.