Education

Zarif Mahmud: From April to June this year, the number of people employed has decreased by almost a quarter of 11 lakh compared to the same period of the previous year. During this time, the number of people eligible to join the work force has decreased by more than 9…

Farhad Chowdhury: 43 government universities of the country are now without backbone. These universities do not have vice-chancellors. After the change of government, most of them resigned in the face of the demands of the students. Vice-Chancellors, Treasurers, Deans, Proctors and Hall Provosts have left their posts everywhere. As a…

Staff Correspondent: The Ministry of Education in Bangladeshhas announced that all educational institutions under its jurisdiction will reopen and resume academic activities starting this Sunday.This decision, issued on Thursday, follows instructions from the chief adviser of the interim government to restart educational operations.Educational institutions had been closed indefinitely since July…

Over 300 injured Industry Desk: The quota movement for thefifth day was continuing yesterday and has spread over the country. Al least five students have been killed in Chittagong, Dhaka and Rangpur and over 300 others wounded in clashes with Chattara League and police. Of them 3 killed in Chittagong,…

Barisal Correspondent: Students of Barisal University blocked the Dhaka-Barisal highway on Thursday afternoon demanding reform in the quota system in public service. The students gathered on the highway adjacent to the university gate around 4 pm amid presence of huge number of police. A large number of police took position…

Industry Desk: Congratulating outgoing students, US Embassy’s Public Affairs Counselor Stephen Ibelli on Wednesday said Bangladeshi students enrich US campuses and strengthen people-to-people ties.A record number of 13,563 Bangladeshi students enrolled in US higher education institutions last year, making Bangladesh the 13th top source country of international students in United…

Staff Correspondent: Students and job aspirants have been enforcing the “Bangla blockade” programme for the second consecutive day on Monday to press home their four-point demand, including reinstatement of the government circular issued in 2018 cancelling the quota system in government jobs.As part of the movement, the demonstrators under the…

Staff CorrespondentThe student movement across the country took a different dimension in 2018 demanding reform of the quota system in government jobs. At that time the government was forced to cancel the quota system. However, in 2021, when the children of some brave freedom fighters petitioned the High Court, the…

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said her government wants to develop an education system in the country so that the students can pursue their studies with interest and joy.“There should be an education system so that students can pursue study with interest, there would be no need…

Zarif Mahmud: Seventy-three,out of the country’s 112 private universities have at least one post of the top three posts of VC, Pro-VC and Treasurer vacant. Somewhere 2 posts are vacant in 33 universities. This means that these 33 universities are currently in a guardianless state. In these universities there is…