SSC pass rate hits 19-year low
11 August 2026
This year’s SSC results painted a grim picture, with the pass rate across the nine general education boards hitting a 19-year low and GPA-5 achievers falling to their lowest level since 2020.
11 August 2026
Dakhil pass rate lowest in 23 years
11 August 2026
The Madrasah Education Board recorded its lowest pass rate in 23 years at 55.49 percent, while the Technical Education Board posted a 19-year low of 58.20 percent in this year’s SSC and equivalent examinations, according to education ministry data.
11 August 2026
Teacher shortages strain government primary schools
8 August 2026
Government primary schools across Bangladesh are struggling to keep lessons on track as headteacher posts remain vacant in more than half of the institutions while thousands of assistant-teacher positions also remain unfilled, putting extra pressure on teachers and disrupting classes.
8 August 2026
Honouring a trailblazer
26 July 2026
More than five decades ago, Niloufer Manzur, a young teacher and mother of two, set out to establish a school that would provide children with a strong academic foundation while developing their conscience and sense of responsibility towards their country.
26 July 2026
Admission test woes of first graders
21 July 2026
The government’s move to reintroduce written admission tests for class-1 from the next academic year has sparked concern among parents, with many turning to coaching centres and private tutors to help their children prepare for the exams.
21 July 2026
When calling Messi GOAT is no longer enough
17 July 2026
Until the 85th minute of Thursday’s semifinal, Argentina were trailing England by a goal, and a spot in the final seemed to be slipping away. The clock seemed to be carrying Lionel Messi away with it.
17 July 2026
UGC to track 15 years of university research funding
14 July 2026
The University Grants Commission (UGC) is preparing a research repository to track how university research funds were spent and what they produced over the past 15 years.
14 July 2026
Draft guidelines signal new direction for primary curriculum
13 July 2026
The primary and mass education ministry has prepared draft guidelines for updating the primary curriculum, suggesting an approach that defines what children should know and the skills and competencies they should attain by the end of class-5.
13 July 2026
A village of mosques
Beraid is a small place in terms of size, but it is huge in terms of popularity, thanks to a large number of ancient mosques.
17 February 2023
Cultivating reading habits since 2001
At first glance, it looks like a simple tin-shed house. One will not even find any decent-looking furniture inside the room.
17 February 2023
Where basic amenities remain elusive
Residents of the newly-added wards in Dhaka North City Corporation expressed dissatisfaction after being denied civic amenities, claiming that life was far better when they were under the union parishad.
17 February 2023
HSC pass rate falls
The rate of success in the HSC examinations dropped to 84.31 percent last year from a record 95.57 percent in 2021.
8 February 2023
Watching planes their only entertainment
With a smiling face and curiosity in her eyes, six-year-old Anika stood beside a barbed wire fence and gazed up at the sky. Soon, an aeroplane took off with a loud roar.
3 February 2023
A village of crabs, in Dhaka!
It was early morning. The sun had not yet risen, and most of Dhaka was still sleeping.
3 February 2023
Plight of DNCC wards 52, 53: Life seemed better under union parishad
In July 2017, Dhaka North City Corporation took 18 wards under its wing, which were previously under the union parishad system.
3 February 2023
Under the dirty water, there’s a ward
Some of the places remain under stagnant water for years, while some lack basic civic amenities, including proper roads or pure drinking water. None of these neighbourhoods has a single playground. Such are the states of the three wards in zone-9 of Dhaka North City Corporation.
23 January 2023
NCTB textbooks: Never-ending cycle of controversies
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board has been stuck in the loop of controversies centring on school textbooks with academics and some NCTB officials blaming it on the negligence of writers and editors, insufficient training and lack of serious punishment for blunders.
19 January 2023
Radio Silence: Bangladesh Betar’s external service inoperative for three years
The external service of Bangladesh Betar has remained disconnected from the rest of the world for over three years due to a mechanical fault, depriving a vast diaspora of foreign listeners.
14 January 2023
‘I’ll pass this story to my children’
As the metro-rail train started its maiden journey yesterday afternoon, Swadhin Ahmed, a young man, had a wide smile on his face. In fact, it was a day of pride for Swadhin, who had been working for the metro-rail project for three years.
28 December 2022
Satrasta-Tejgaon Road: Will it finally be free of congestion?
In its latest effort to free the capital’s Satrasta-Tejgaon road from congestion, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is setting up separate lanes for rickshaws by installing dividers.
27 December 2022
A good initiative, but still a long way to go
The instalment of CCTV cameras in city buses by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs has generated a positive response among female commuters as well as bus staffers, as they believe the initiative has brought a change in the behavioural pattern of the overall commuters.
26 December 2022
Study Abroad: students suffer as banks reluctant to open files
Mohammad Omar Faruque, 27, a graduate of Jahangirnagar University, was hoping to pursue his master’s in the United Kingdom.
13 December 2022
Many suffer at police checkpoints in city
Abdul Khalek was heading for an office in the capital’s Agargaon where he was to sit for an exam for a government job at 11:00am yesterday, but he could not sit for the test as police asked him to go back after stopping him at a checkpoint in Aminbazar.
10 December 2022
The checkpoint chronicle continues
What started as police frisking people and vehicles entering the capital has turned into checking pedestrians at different Dhaka gateways as well.
9 December 2022
No one should face such a horrible fate
Rubina Akhter was heading to a family programme at her parents’ house to spend some time with her loved ones. But on that day, she met the most gruesome fate, one no person should face.
3 December 2022
Of OMS queues and desperation
Eighty-year-old Renu Bibi left home in the capital’s Lalbagh before daybreak to queue up for subsidised rice and flour sold at a truck under the government’s Open Market Sale programme.
1 December 2022
Allegations mount against Rajshahi BCL top brass
A Chhatra League activist yesterday filed a case against the new BCL president of Rajshahi district unit, Sakibul Islam Rana, accusing him of extorting money promising employment.
15 September 2022
A bad day to catch a flight
Mizan Khandaker, a patient with temporary vision loss in one eye, managed to get a doctor’s appointment at a Chennai hospital. He along with his wife left their Banasree home at 10:00am yesterday to catch the 2:45pm flight to India from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
14 September 2022