Possible headlines: Schools shut for Ramadan until 26 March Full Ramadan closure for primary and secondary schools Government orders 36-day school holiday from Thursday Ramadan prompts nationwide closure of primary, secondary schools Revised calendar brings forward school...
Professor Dr A S M Abdul Hasib, Dean of the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, has been appointed the first vice-chancellor of Dhaka Central University, marking a key administrative milestone for the newly established institution. The...
Children in Bangladesh leave school for many reasons. Some are forced out by poverty, others by natural disasters and the harsh impacts of climate change, while many never get the chance to enter a classroom at all. To bring these excluded children back under the umbrella of education and make them...
The interim government, at the closing stretch of its tenure, has published a draft of a new education law aimed at modernising Bangladesh’s education system, formally prohibiting both physical and mental punishment of students and introducing wide-ranging institutional reforms. The draft,...
As the academic year turns, an abnormal rise in the prices of education materials is placing intense pressure on students and parents, raising fears that thousands of children may be forced out of classrooms and into the labour market. A visit to markets shows sharp increases across almost every...
The draft ordinance to establish the proposed Dhaka Central University, incorporating Dhaka’s historic seven government colleges, has been finalised and sent for approval at the highest level of government. The Ministry of Education’s Secondary and Higher Education Division completed all...
