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Digital illiteracy hinders RMG workers' reskilling
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (504+ words) Digital illiteracy, English-only manuals and the absence of a nationally recognised skills- certification system are among the key barriers to reskilling garment workers amid rapid technological transformation, speakers at a dialogue said on Thursday. Helper-level workers, those aged over 40, employees…...
Graduate unemployment rate far higher in BD, say speakers at IT Job Fair
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (255+ words) The unemployment rate among graduates in Bangladesh is significantly higher than the national average, highlighting a substantial mismatch between the skills produced by the education system and the demands of the job market. The observations came at the opening ceremony…...
The Financial Express | First Financial Daily of Bangladesh
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (13+ words) Nation looks forward to young generation with high hopes: Milan The Financial Express...
Is budgetary measure enough to transform education?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (677+ words) The Financial Express Is budgetary measure enough to transform education? The allocation Tk 1, 366. 06 billion for education sector in the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year (2026-27) has, as expected, drawn the concerned quarters' attention, if only for its size in…...
The quiet shock of university life in Bangladesh
1+ week, 6+ day ago (659+ words) The Financial Express The quiet shock of university life in Bangladesh Progya Paromita Karmakar and Ashfa Binta Latif For thousands of students in Bangladesh, gaining admission to a prestigious university is the culmination of years of relentless effort. Whether it…...
How Sabit Ibtisam Anan won one of the world's most competitive scholarships
1+ week, 6+ day ago (896+ words) The Financial Express How Sabit Ibtisam Anan won one of the world's most competitive scholarships Something is shifting in the ambitions of Bangladeshi youths. Over the past 15 years, the number of Bangladeshi students pursuing higher education abroad has tripled, and…...
Allocations for education sector elevated to 2. 0pc of GDP
2+ week, 1+ day ago (324+ words) The proposed budget for FY 2026-27 has seen a substantial increase in the allocations for the education sector. The Finance and Planning has proposed Tk 1, 366. 06 billion worth of allocation for the sector for the next budget compared to Tk 872. 06 billion in…...
Intellectual foundations of journalism
2+ week, 1+ day ago (196+ words) Journalism, however, occupies a strikingly different intellectual position. Ideally, journalism is not supposed to function as an ideology at all. Its normative purpose is to investigate, verify, interpret, and communicate public realities with intellectual honesty and analytical clarity. In this…...
Govt targets 100pc textbook distribution by November
2+ week, 2+ day ago (512+ words) The government has chalked out a comprehensive roadmap to place fully revised and error-free textbooks in the hands of all students on the first day of the 2027 academic year, breaking the previous longstanding practice of partial distribution at the start…...
Bangladesh to introduce "Arts and Culture" in Class 4 next year
2+ week, 3+ day ago (173+ words) The government has decided to introduce an Arts and Culture textbook for Class 4 from 2027 under the existing primary curriculum. The move comes ahead of a planned curriculum overhaul scheduled for 2028. On Wednesday, a meeting at the Ministry of Primary and…...