4+ hour, 17+ min ago   (124+ words) Dhaka University has extended the closing time for the gates of its female residential halls by one hour, from 10pm to 11pm. The decision was taken at a meeting of the university Syndicate, its highest policy-making body, last night, acting registrar Munshi…...

6+ hour, 17+ min ago   (336+ words) Young people working in climate-vulnerable districts are 21.7 percent less likely to hold a decent job than their peers elsewhere in Bangladesh, according to a new study. The gap holds across sectors, gender and age, and was statistically robust, claimed the…...

6+ hour, 23+ min ago   (256+ words) Dhaka University has decided to temporarily suspend three teachers over allegations of opposing the July Uprising, based on recommendations from a university-formed investigation committee. The suspended teachers are Prof Dr M Wahiduzzaman and Prof Dr Muhammed Mahbubur Rahman of the…...

10+ hour, 46+ min ago   (170+ words) The Secondary School Certificate examinations of 2027 under the nine general education boards will begin on March 14 and continue until April 15, according to a schedule published today. The Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee issued the routine after the education ministry approved it,…...

8+ hour, 44+ min ago   (237+ words) Teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme will receive salaries under the new national pay scale like government employees, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon said today. Milon announced the decision in a…...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago   (253+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes Diary of a lawmaker: Laws for rights and the unmaking of them Bangladesh to get slight tariff edge over China, Vietnam in US…...

17+ hour, 42+ min ago   (456+ words) Headmaster Rajendra Dawadi was in his school in Nepal's Bidur last Wednesday when his accountant entered, shouting: "The flood is coming, the flood is coming!", giving an early warning that helped save the lives of 900 students and 16 faculty members. As…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (435+ words) The SSC and equivalent examinations of 2027 will not be deferred further after the government changed the opening date from January 7 to March 14, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon said today. He said the schedule was revised considering Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr....

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (718+ words) With that question to both Malaysia and Bangladesh, I ended my article, “Labour recruitment to Malaysia: Time to break the never-ending cycle,” published in The Daily Star on July 25, 2022. At the time, Bangladesh was preparing to reopen the Malaysian labour…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (259+ words) The government is planning to introduce a special allowance for teachers serving in char and other hard-to-reach areas, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj said today. While addressing a daylong workshop on reforms in classroom activities, monitoring,…...