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Student Union Election
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Campus
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Campus
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Student politics & more
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23 November 2025, 09:54 AM
Campus
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Campus
PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT
Thousands of Bangladeshi students are enrolled in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP), an assessed programme for students aged 16 to 19, both locally and across the globe.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Student Councils - Do we really need them?
Schools in Bangladesh have never been a fan of students voicing their own opinions about how the school is run.
7 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Facilitating Future Leaders: A Look into Chevening Scholarship
Funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations, Chevening Scholarship, the prestigious global scholarship programme of the United Kingdom, is a great opportunity for those looking to pursue a one-year master's programme at any British university.
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM
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, 14:07 PM
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, 15:15 PM
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, 07:26 AM
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, 18:00 PM
VAT on pvt universities withdrawn after mass protests (video)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, 08:31 AM
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, 13:31 PM
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, 10:50 AM
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, 05:50 AM
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, 18:00 PM
In association with OVERSEAS STUDY LINK, SHOUT presents quick facts about the London School of Economics (LSE)
5th best in the UK (Sunday Times Ranking).
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Beats India in Education
“Beating India in education? In mathematics? I cannot believe it!” said Professor Mohammad Kaykobad, one of Bangladesh's most distinguished scientists, and member of the Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad Committee after Bangladesh beat India at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in 2015.
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM
The Curious Case of HSC Result Trends
For the past few years, board exams in Bangladesh followed a common trend: each year there was a higher passing and GPA 5 rate than the year before.
8 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Switching Academic Goals
Commerce or Science? When choosing subjects for our first board exams, and consequently our future careers, are we really confined to those binary alternatives?
5 August 2015, 18:00 PM
A Right or a Commodity?
Sumaya Sarah has enrolled in an MBA programme in a private university. The tuition fee of the one-year-long MBA programme costs 300,000 takas. Sumaya, the daughter of a retired government officer does not want to impose this burden of tuition fee on her
16 July 2015, 18:00 PM
KolpoKoushol: A Knowledge Initiative
The World Bank's Knowledge Economic Index ranks innovation in Bangladesh at 191 and shows a long and winding road ahead for innovation and technology here.
15 July 2015, 18:53 PM