The government is going to buy digital contents containing interactive and communicative lessons to help secondary students tap the potentials of distance learning.

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said in order to save the lives of students, the government has shut down the educational institutions amid the ongoing pandemic.

Rabindranath Tagore was a polymath who revolutionised Bengali literature and music. Let us revisit “Kabuliwala”, one of his most famous short stories.

A Bangabandhu Corner will be established at the Lovely Professional University in Punjab, one of the largest private universities in India, marking the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

A total of 21,056 candidates have passed the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination.

The online process of form fill-up for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination 2021 will begin on August 12 and end on August 30.

The authorities of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have decided to hold term-final examinations of its undergraduate students online this year.

Following a research study that was conducted on crisis-led approaches to education in Bangladesh, a virtual panel discussion was organised yesterday. Titled Towards a Blended learning framework for post-pandemic Bangladesh, it was jointly hosted in partnership with Cardiff University, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), a2i (Aspire to Innovate) and #NextGenEdu.

Hasna Hena is a seventh grader who wants to be a judge. Luckily, I was her English Language Trainer from September 15 to November 15, 2020, organised by Volunteers Association for Bangladesh (VAB). My task was, in this particular time period, I had to complete 360 minutes of conversation in English with her over phone.

After medical graduating, I came to Dhaka for my internship training. Since my third medical year, I made my mind to pursue a public health career. During my internship life, I started actively searching for public health study options. Luckily, I found Zillur Rahman, a brilliant engineer and public health professional, in the third batch. I have known him since my school days. I still remember what he said that helped me decide in favor of BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), "If you go to Harvard, you will only find the best teachers of Harvard teaching you. If you go to Hopkins, you will be taught only by the best Hopkins teachers. But if you join BRAC JPGSPH, you will find the best teachers of the best public health schools around the globe."

“About 2,000 students have registered for visa appointments at the embassy since July last year," said Raihan, a student at a German technical university.

The authorities have suspended all assignment activities for students from grade VI to grade IX and candidates of SSC and HSC of 2022.

The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) in separate circulars have suspended assignments of candidates of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) of the year 2022 and for students of classes six to nine until further notice.

Online application process for admission in the first year honours of National University (NU) under 2020-2021 academic session will start on July 28.

On the occasion of DU’s birth centenary, noted academic Prof SMA Faiz, who served as the 26th vice-chancellor (VC) of Dhaka University (DU) from September 2002 till January 2009, recently talked with The Daily Star, discussing different issues including decline of the university’s position in various international rankings, teacher and student politics, teachers’ appointment, and role of the administration.

The authorities of Rajshahi University (RU) today announced postponement of undergraduate admission tests for 2020-21 academic year. 

Shahadat Hossain, principal of Nikunja Model College in the capital, was able to pay for family expenses for the first 10 months of the pandemic, with the money he got from selling some of his ancestral land.

Control of the Jamia Arabia Madrasa, one of the largest Qawmi madrasas in the country, was yesterday handed over to the new Waqf committee from the hands of former Hefajat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque and his brother Mahfuzul Haque.

Jailed leader of Hefajat-e-Islam Mamunul Haque and his brother Mahfuzul Haque have lost control over Jamia Rahmania Arabia Madrasa in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area as Waqfs Bangladesh was handed over its charge today.

Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, a noted educationist, has served as the 27th vice chancellor of Dhaka University from 2009 till 2017.