Arafat Rahaman

Reporter, Print/Digital, The Daily Star

Partisan link still rules the game

At least 30 VCs out of 47, along with 18 Pro-VCs and treasurers from 40 appointments, have connections to pro-BNP and pro-Jamaat teachers' organisations

5d ago

From driver fatigue to political barriers: What’s making the roads deadlier?

Crashes, fatalities rise by 10pc, reports BRTA

2w ago

5 educational institutions: Academic lives of 40,000 in disarray

Classes, exams halted following series of clashes

2w ago

University admission: Cluster system’s fate hangs in balance

The fate of cluster system admission test for next academic year still hangs in balance, as the education ministry did not make a decision yesterday in this regard following its meeting with university vice chancellors.

3w ago

Leading univs withdrawing from cluster system

Session delays, irregularities, and lack of central planning cited as reasons

3w ago

Textbooks to feature July uprising

The government is set to incorporate content on the student-led uprising into school textbooks for the 2025 academic year.

1m ago

DMP launches app to identify accident hotspots

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has launched a new data-driven initiative aimed at improving road safety by pinpointing accident hotspots and analysing underlying causes.

1m ago

Free textbook distribution: Race against the clock for govt

The government is racing against time to print the textbooks for free distribution among primary and secondary school students on January 1, 2025 – the first day of the upcoming academic year.

1m ago
December 14, 2024
December 14, 2024

Partisan link still rules the game

At least 30 VCs out of 47, along with 18 Pro-VCs and treasurers from 40 appointments, have connections to pro-BNP and pro-Jamaat teachers' organisations

November 30, 2024
November 30, 2024
November 29, 2024
November 29, 2024

5 educational institutions: Academic lives of 40,000 in disarray

Classes, exams halted following series of clashes

November 28, 2024
November 28, 2024

University admission: Cluster system’s fate hangs in balance

The fate of cluster system admission test for next academic year still hangs in balance, as the education ministry did not make a decision yesterday in this regard following its meeting with university vice chancellors.

November 25, 2024
November 25, 2024

Leading univs withdrawing from cluster system

Session delays, irregularities, and lack of central planning cited as reasons

November 15, 2024
November 15, 2024

Textbooks to feature July uprising

The government is set to incorporate content on the student-led uprising into school textbooks for the 2025 academic year.

November 5, 2024
November 5, 2024

DMP launches app to identify accident hotspots

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has launched a new data-driven initiative aimed at improving road safety by pinpointing accident hotspots and analysing underlying causes.

October 29, 2024
October 29, 2024

Free textbook distribution: Race against the clock for govt

The government is racing against time to print the textbooks for free distribution among primary and secondary school students on January 1, 2025 – the first day of the upcoming academic year.

October 27, 2024
October 27, 2024

76 job seekers still await approval

Around 76 job seekers qualified under the Non-Government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) were deprived of final recommendations despite meeting government qualifications, according to the applicants.

October 24, 2024
October 24, 2024

HSC, equivalent exams: Demand for auto pass ‘unacceptable’

Education experts have urged the government not to concede to students’ demands for automatic passes and result re-evaluations, terming such demands illogical, unacceptable, and with far-reaching consequences.