Education
Things to consider when choosing a minor specialisation
Your minor specialisation should be aligned with your professional and personal goals.
Anime music helped me study for A levels. Here’s how
I repeated the process throughout what time was left, playing a different tune for every question paper.
Critical thinking in our curriculum: Too much or too little?
Critical thinking has always been emphasised heavily in education and with good reason.
Why we should include philosophy in our curriculum
As more students opt for STEM subjects for its financial prospects, the importance of liberal arts is shrinking.
The case for studying law
The word “lawyer” might invoke certain scenes and images in our minds.
What it takes to get into DU A unit
Dhaka University’s A unit is the path that leads to studying engineering, pure science, life science, etc.
How Dhaka University feels without street vendors
This decision has altered the campus experience for students.
A guide to applying for undergraduate programs in the United States
Applying to universities in the United States is a confusing, exhausting, and painful experience.
Student Councils - Do we really need them?
Schools in Bangladesh have never been a fan of students voicing their own opinions about how the school is run.
Facilitating Future Leaders: A Look into Chevening Scholarship
Funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations, Chevening Scholarship, the prestigious global scholarship programme of the United Kingdom, is a great opportunity for those looking to pursue a one-year master's programme at any British university.
Admission question leak: 3 doctors among 7 held in Rangpur
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detains seven people including three doctors in Rangpur city for their alleged involvement in leaking out question papers of medical admission test.
Question leak: UGC official among 3 remanded
A Dhaka court places University Grants Commission (UGC) Assistant Director Omar Siraj and two others on two-day remand each on charge of question-paper leakage for admission test of medical colleges.
Medical college admission test results published
The results of the admission test of MBBS and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) were published with a pass rate of 58.4 percent.
GET THAT SCHOLARSHIP
For the thrill of exploring uncharted waters or for the intellectual and personal challenges involved, studying overseas is a hope many of us nurture; but the extortionate international tuition fees can prove an enormous hurdle. So what should we keep in mind when applying for financial aid?
VAT on pvt universities withdrawn after mass protests (video)
Government scraps 7.5 percent VAT on private universities and medical colleges’ tuition fees in face of mass student protests. The decision has been announced in a notice issued from the finance ministry.
Private universities call for reviewing VAT
Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) calls upon the government to reconsider its decision to impose VAT on the universities.
Universities, not students to pay VAT: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the private university students will not have to pay any VAT.
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.