Education gains begin to reverse
After 14 years of steady progress, Bangladesh’s education system is beginning to backslide, with primary school...
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17 Sep 2026
70m functionally illiterate: Literacy gap threatens Industry 5.0 ambition
A well-dressed man walked into a private bank and asked for help filling out his cheque,...
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08 Sep 2026
Changing govts, changing textbooks: Students pay the price of political whims
Frequent changes to curricula and textbook content without a long-term policy have left the education system...
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26 Aug 2026
Academic pandemonium: VCs clamour for cash, cars at UGC event
A high-level dialogue intended to shape the future of Bangladesh’s higher education descended into a chaotic...
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22 Aug 2026
Education system trapped in vicious cycle
Following the recent publication of the SSC examination results, nationwide debate has erupted over the pass...
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12 Aug 2026
Teacher hiring U-turn: 75,000 vacancies fuel corruption fears
The education ministry’s move to restore teacher recruitment through school governing bodies has triggered fears of...
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12 Aug 2026
SSC results expose quality divide
Even as the country recorded its lowest Secondary School Certificate (SSC) pass rate in nearly two...
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11 Aug 2026
Textbook delay fears return
Despite government efforts to end textbook delays, slow progress so far has revived fears that students...
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10 Aug 2026
We are sowing seeds of hatred, vengeance
Professor Kamrul Hassan Mamun warns that Bangladesh risks repeating a cycle of political revenge and exclusion...
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06 Aug 2026
Public universities lose science edge to private peers
Although public universities remain the main destination for most students pursuing higher education, they are gradually...
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31 Jul 2026