Amidst the pandemic, about 50,000 Bangladeshi students opted for studying abroad mainly through online classes, as most international borders were shut. As things are gradually getting back on track, the influx of students choosing to study abroad is expected to increase tenfold.

Dhaka University (DU) admission tests will be held from October 1, at all divisional cities of the country besides Dhaka.

Students at Sirajganj’s Rabindra University started a hunger strike on campus this morning, demanding termination of a department head who recently ordered haircut for at least 13 students against their will.

The government is likely to cancel this year’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and its equivalent Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) exams due to the pandemic.

Every year, during Rajshahi University’s (RU) admission tests, the institute’s halls welcome thousands of admission seekers from different corners of the country. According to teachers, student leaders and guardians, the dormitories usually house around 50 percent of admission seekers, particularly students from non-affluent families and those from far flung areas.

Students of Rabindra University in Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur demonstrated today, protesting the forced haircut of their peer who attempted suicide from the humiliation.

Education Minister Dipu Moni today said that there is no scope to hold Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations this year due to the Covid-19 situation.

This year’s SSC and its equivalent examinations will begin on November 14 while HSC and equivalent exams on December 2.

Although the government said any university or its affiliated colleges could resume in-person classes if all their students completed the Covid-19 vaccine registration by yesterday, more than half the tertiary-level pupils across the country failed to do so within the deadline.

Date of honours first year admission test to ‘Arts and Social Sciences Unit’ -- for the academic year 2020-2021 -- of the seven Dhaka University-affiliated government colleges has been changed.

This year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations will start from November 14 and December 2 respectively.

After 18 months, Dhaka University authorities (DU) reopened its central, departmental, and institutional libraries for honours final and masters students yesterday, as per a previous decision.

The Dhaka University (DU) administration has decided to end the crammed “gono room culture” at its dormitories, shifting students who were staying there before the pandemic to regular dorm rooms amid concerns over health safety.

The number of students in classrooms of secondary schools has been dropping since September 12, when the schools reopened after over one and a half years.

Students studying on the verandah of Dhaka University’s Science Library yesterday. Students rush into the library, bottom, as the authorities reopened the library and department seminars. The authorities also got locked into altercations with students for not “maintaining health safety guidelines”.

The attendance of primary students in Nilphamari has seen a decrease of 13pc to 16pc after reopening of school following a long hiatus, which guardians and teachers say may be the result of the end of the school feeding programme.

The High Court today expressed dismay at the errors regarding history of Bangladesh’s Liberation War in some secondary and higher secondary level textbooks and said such mistakes are unfortunate. 

ULAB Digital Marketing Club launched a national digital marketing competition, 'Idea Hunters 2.0', recently.  It was open for undergraduate students all over Bangladesh.

Tension erupted at Dhaka University (DU) Science Library today, on the first day of reopening of libraries, when the assistant proctor attempted to slap a student.

Education Minister Dipu Moni has said educational institutions will be closed if there is any possibility of Covid cases going up.