No beating, no inaction: Bangladesh Qawmi madrasa body sets new student protection rules
22 September 2026
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Education
National University to hold second convocation on January 23
21 September 2026
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Education
RU students vandalise station after fellow student allegedly assaulted
21 September 2026
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Education
Primary education reforms must reach classrooms
20 September 2026
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Education policy
Hold us accountable, Bobby tells education stakeholders
19 September 2026
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Education
Govt plans year-round safety lessons for primary students: Bobby Hajjaj
15 September 2026
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Education
Update / ‘Thousands of students’ lives were ruined’: DU topper refuses Dean’s Award
14 September 2026
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Education
Govt to align Bangla, English-medium curricula: Bobby Hajjaj
12 September 2026
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Education
Lack of willingness to understand one another widens secular-madrasa education divide: Anthropologist
10 September 2026
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Education
JS committee calls for probe into corruption allegations in National University, education bodies
10 September 2026
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Education
Learning through gaming
Comprehension, imagination and implementation are three key things that lie at the heart of science and technology education. As the current education system is more geared towards knowledge through memorisation, students lack logical thinking and imagination.
20 August 2017
Internet of educational things
The Internet of Things (IoT), the connection of devices (beyond computers and smartphones) to the internet, is poised to radically transform every aspect of our life including our learning process. It will virtually connect everything that can be connected.
20 August 2017
WALK THE TALK WITH VICE CHANCELLORS
DIGITAL is the new reality. Any educational institution that is not thinking digital is going to go the way of the dinosaur! Teaching must give way to “reaching”. With technology, teachers have the opportunity to be much more creative.
20 August 2017
Teaching through Tech
Smallfoot, a youth-driven initiative for educating underprivileged children, inaugurated its new social project titled "Smallfoot-Teach through Tech" on August 12, 2017. "Teach through Tech" is a technological education programme that aims to provide children from slums with training on necessary skills based on their passion.
16 August 2017
For the love of imagination
Under the joint initiative of United International University (UIU) and The Daily Star (TDS), the latest workshop of Imagine Write Creatively was held at Sir John Wilson School on August 7, 2017.
16 August 2017
The government's got your tongue
Years of majoritarian Bangla education means that certain minority communities only speak their mother-tongue, and neither read nor write.
10 August 2017
When a teacher's finger exposes our hunger for power
On July 29, 2017, there was a protest event organised by some student organisations at the University of Dhaka. They argued that a senate meeting was being held without student representatives.
3 August 2017
Redundancy And How It's Redundant
One of the main issues that writers should seek to eliminate is redundancy. How many times have you written something like this?
2 August 2017
Are the students collateral damage?
We are accustomed to students protesting to postpone their exam dates. This time, however, students of seven government colleges took to the streets demanding the announcement of exam dates and timely publishing of their results.
25 July 2017
The school across the river
Every time the weather takes a turn for the worse, school-going children in the haor are among the first to be affected.
13 July 2017
VAT on English-medium schools - A discriminatory proposal?
Discrimination. This is the word being tossed around to describe the recent decision to institute a VAT of 15 percent on English-medium schools.
15 June 2017
6 things to note for your first year at law school
As I await my graduation from Law school, which is supposed to happen within 2 months, I look back at the memorable journey which started with me having no idea what in the world a “plaintiff” was.
7 June 2017
Debate vs MUN
Two of the most common forms of co-curricular competitions at school and university alike – debate and MUN – might seem more or less similar from the outside.
17 May 2017
An Academic Pilgrimage to Bhutan
A few weeks back, I had the tremendous good fortune to participate in an international academic conference.
10 May 2017
How do you show a story?
On a fine, sunny (too sunny for my liking) Thursday (April 27), I made my way to Bashundhara in order to observe the latest installment of Imagine
3 May 2017
THE PROCRASTINATOR'S GUIDE TO ACING FINALS
You go home after a long day at your educational institution, eagerly anticipating nap time.
3 May 2017
ULAB organises Inter-University Students’ Conference and Cultural Competition
The Department of English at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) organises its two-day Inter-University Students’ Conference and Cultural Competition for the third time.
21 April 2017
The Writer's Territory
After an awful drag of writer's block stretching months, I opted to cover the event Imagine Write Creatively at Scholastica, Mirpur on March 22 for a kick of writing inspiration.
29 March 2017
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN INSPIRATION ENGINEER
Arman Khan has a busy day ahead of him. As he dresses himself, he contemplates his first social media post of the day.
29 March 2017
Dealing with Freeloaders
Whenever you hear “group project” don't you remember the agonising experience of working in that one group project that you didn't...
22 March 2017