Students studying on the verandah of Dhaka University’s Science Library yesterday. Students rush into the library, bottom, as the authorities reopened the library and department seminars. The authorities also got locked into altercations with students for not “maintaining health safety guidelines”.

The attendance of primary students in Nilphamari has seen a decrease of 13pc to 16pc after reopening of school following a long hiatus, which guardians and teachers say may be the result of the end of the school feeding programme.

After 18 months, Dhaka University authorities (DU) reopened its central, departmental, and institutional libraries for honours final and masters students yesterday, as per a previous decision.

The Dhaka University (DU) administration has decided to end the crammed “gono room culture” at its dormitories, shifting students who were staying there before the pandemic to regular dorm rooms amid concerns over health safety.

The High Court today expressed dismay at the errors regarding history of Bangladesh’s Liberation War in some secondary and higher secondary level textbooks and said such mistakes are unfortunate. 

ULAB Digital Marketing Club launched a national digital marketing competition, 'Idea Hunters 2.0', recently.  It was open for undergraduate students all over Bangladesh.

Tension erupted at Dhaka University (DU) Science Library today, on the first day of reopening of libraries, when the assistant proctor attempted to slap a student.

Education Minister Dipu Moni has said educational institutions will be closed if there is any possibility of Covid cases going up.

Bangabandhu Centre for Bangladesh Studies (BCBS) in Canada has announced five scholarships -- to be awarded to Bangladeshi students studying in Canadian universities at the graduate and post-graduate levels in any session during the scholastic year 2021-2022.

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni today said SSC and HSC examinations will be held on time in November and December respectively.

North South University (NSU) has been ranked in the QS Graduate Employability Ranking 2022, consequently becoming the only private university in Bangladesh to secure a spot in this list of top 500 global institutions.

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent exams are set to begin on November 14, said a board chairman.

Two professors of Independent University, Bangladesh have received prestigious research grants, said a press release.

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.