Around 85 percent students of classes 8 and 9 took private tuition to recover education losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, said Education Watch 2022 report (EW22)

The number of Bangladeshi students enrolling in colleges and universities in the United States is increasing and the US wants this number to grow more to strengthen and develop ties between the two countries, said an official of the US embassy here in Chattogram yesterday.

The government will conduct various competitions, including olympiads, to encourage students to prioritise co-curricular activities alongside academics for financial grants, said Farid Ahmed, primary and mass education secretary, yesterday.

The number of Bangladeshi students enrolling in colleges and universities in the United States is increasing and the US wants this number to grow more to strengthen and develop ties between the two countries, said an official of the US embassy here in Chattogram today

In a recent meeting between Porijon Foundation officials and Rajshahi University authorities held at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Senate Bhaban, it was announced that the charity organisation, comprised of Bangladeshi-born US citizens, has decided to increase both the amount and the number of scholarships it provides to underprivileged and meritorious students at RU.

Dhaka University authorities relaxed the CGPA criteria for the annual promotion of students of its seven affiliated colleges yesterday

Next year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations are likely to be held in February, while the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams are scheduled for June.

SSC to be held in the second week of February, HSC in second week of June

Academic activities of 60 primary and secondary schools and madrasas have been suspended due to the ongoing flood in Gaibandha

Contractors have suspended their work at Chittagong University bringing allegation of extortion by a group of non-students.

More than 1,300 examinees from different colleges are appearing their ongoing HSC examinations at Government Mahtabuddin Degree College in Kaliganj upazila amid risk life as numerous cracks have developed in all the 16 classrooms of its old academic building.

A Dhaka University professor says at SME Foundation, FES Bangladesh event

Dhaka University is planning to relax its CGPA criteria for the yearly promotion of students in the wake of recent demonstrations by the students of its seven affiliated colleges

A section of students of seven Dhaka University-affiliated colleges who had earlier blocked the Mirpur Road at Nilkhet intersection in the capital today, demanding that the DU authorities lower the minimum CGPA requirement for promotion to the next academic year, have withdrawn their blockade

Imagine if you are a student of Dhaka University. It is the night before your application deadline, and you are confused about how to complete the online examination form. You call the designated helpline numbers from the DU website and to your surprise a housemaker living in Sunamganj, who has no idea what you are talking about, greets you.

At least a third of the trustee board members of a private university will have to be academics, according to a draft amendment to the Private University Act-2010.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday passed a directive which will allow private universities to enroll a maximum of 75 students to their law department each semester. Previously, this number stood at 50.

Several hundred students from seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University withdrew their blockade at the capital's Nilkhet-New Market intersection this evening

Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) has revised the examination format for the FCPS Part-I courses, effective from the January 2024 session

A journalist was beaten up allegedly by some Chattra League activists at Jahangirnagar University’s Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall early yesterday