The starting date of admission tests of Rajshahi University (RU) for the academic session 2020-2021 has been rescheduled to October 4 by the university authorities.

Left-leaning student organisations today announced a countrywide “symbolic class” programme on August 22 demanding the resumption of all educational institutions in the country.

The government is considering reopening educational institutions in  phases with universities set to be the first to resume in-person classes  amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Summit Corporation and Beximco Holdings, two of the country’s largest conglomerates, awarded a matching grant of BDT 45 million per annum for three years to JAAGO Foundation, enabling them to educate 4,000 students across Bangladesh.  JAAGO utilides their UNESCO award winning teaching model using ICT to ensure education over telephone calls, short messaging service, and video conferencing systems. This is even more important while the education institutions are closed due to the pandemic. Once the education institutions open, the grant will be used to run the digital schools. This is the first time two local conglomerates are jointly contributing such a large amount to a local Non-profit Organisation.   

A smile, a shine, a twinkling, a dream -- the divine innocence in the midst of uncalled for struggles -- for survival, for existence, for identity, to be heard, to be noticed. How far do their visions reach? For some, it’s an apprehension what the life has to offer the following day and for others, every day’s struggle is a source of strength to move on to the next unknown.

The International Youth Day, celebrated every year on August 12, enables us to acknowledge the manifold prospects and perspectives of our youth. The day is marked as an opportunity to assess the future for the global youth, and set objectives for their betterment in accordance with contemporary world requirements. This year, we are observing the International Youth Day under the theme “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health,” which carries a significant notion of the youth’s contribution towards the established food systems and wellbeing of humans and the planet.

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.

Khandker Md Iftekhar Haider has been reappointed as the treasurer of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). 

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.

Find a way that amuses you and your progress will feel natural.

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.

The government has extended the ongoing closure of all primary and kindergarten schools across the country till August 31.

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.

The government has extended the ongoing closure of all secondary and higher secondary educational institutions till August 31 as a preventive measure against further spread of coronavirus.

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."