University students cripple Dhaka with anti-VAT demo

Private university students hit the streets across Dhaka demanding withdrawal of the 7.5 percent VAT imposed on tuition fees - a day after police opened fire on East West University students demonstrating on the same demand.
10 September 2015

Studying is Fun

As a student of the national curriculum, I had learned to accept my life for the stressful, miserable phenomenon that it is from an early age. But no amount of mental preparation was enough for admission tests, a spectacle that turned out to be far more terrifying than I could have ever imagined.
9 September 2015

Guide to Surviving First Year in Medical School

There are two types of students in Bangladesh, ones who are complete and utter disappointments to their parents, and others who study engineering or medicine.
9 September 2015

Children must be enrolled in class-I without written test: PM

Stressing that education is a basic right, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says children must be enrolled in Class-I without any written admission test.
8 September 2015

1.30cr primary students to get monthly stipend

A total of one crore and 30 lakh primary school students will get monthly stipend, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman says.
6 September 2015

MAKING CHANGES THROUGH CREATIVE THINKING

“Imagine Write Creatively”, a joint initiative by The Daily Star (TDS) and United International University (UIU), hosted its sixth workshop at the premises of the senior section of Marie Curie School in Dhanmondi, Dhaka on August 27.
2 September 2015

Preparing for the Changes in the New SAT

For high school students seeking higher education in the USA or Canada, the SAT Reasoning Test needs no introduction.
2 September 2015

Abducted Rangpur trader rescued from Nilphamari

A maize trader, abducted from Gangachhara upazila of Rangpur on Tuesday, was rescued in Nilphamari Sadar upazila yesterday.
27 August 2015

'Manspreading' added to online dictionary

The act of "manspreading", or sitting with legs wide apart on public transport, is among 1,000 new words to enter the online Oxford dictionary.
27 August 2015

Bangladesh Beats India in Education

“Beating India in education? In mathematics? I cannot believe it!” said Professor Mohammad Kaykobad, one of Bangladesh's most distinguished scientists, and member of the Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad Committee after Bangladesh beat India at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in 2015.
20 August 2015

Minor boy ‘beaten dead’ in Laxmipur

A child worker dies after being beaten allegedly by his employer over destroying liquid milk in Laxmipur.
19 August 2015

Schoolgirl raped

A schoolgirl was raped allegedly by her brother-in-law in Khalergul area under Barolekha upazila of the district on Wednesday afternoon.
13 August 2015

BTCL telepcommunication snapped in 3 UZs for weeks

Telecommunication and internet service of the Bangladesh Tele-Communication Limited (BTCL) has been suspended in Sujanagar,
13 August 2015

Access to agricultural research in Bangladesh

TEEAL (The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library), established in 1999, is a programme of Cornell University Library's Albert R. Mann Library, in partnership with leading publishers, to provide access to agricultural research literature.
12 August 2015

Teaching The Masses

We all want to remove illiteracy from the face of our country but not a lot of us can gather the time to help out as our lives are tightly knit in our busy schedules.
12 August 2015

Teaching Business Ethics with Comic Books

ULAB School of Business took the initiative to conduct a seminar and workshop on business ethics which was unique in nature and to the best of knowledge first of its kind in Bangladesh.
12 August 2015

US leaves out Bangladesh from GSP

Bangladesh has been left out of the United States’ generalized system of preference (GSP).
11 August 2015

7.5kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Customs Intelligence officials has seized around 7.5kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
10 August 2015

Verdict on Janakantha’s contempt rule Aug 13

The apex court fixes August 13 for delivering verdict on a contempt of court rule against The Daily Janakantha editor and its executive editor.
10 August 2015