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Students in major urban education centres have considerably outperformed their counterparts in many outlying districts in terms of pass rates and GPA-5 results in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations.
A metro rail passenger's death raises questions about public compassion, invisible disabilities and responsibility when strangers need help.
At an institution in Narail, 35 candidates appeared in last year’s HSC examinations. None passed. This year, 43 candidates sat for the examinations. Again, not a single student passed.
The pass rate in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination hit a 22-year low of 51.62 percent, down 5.5 percentage points year-on-year.
Pass rates in this year’s Alim and higher secondary technical examinations fell to their lowest in more than two decades, with nearly 87,000 students failing under the two education boards.
Single college secures 2,229 top grades, pass rate of 98.83 percent
More than half of examinees fail, with Humanities accounting for nearly 70% of the increase in failures
The pass rate fell to 51.62 percent, while the number of students securing GPA-5 across all 11 boards dropped to an eight-year low
BRAC University today conferred its first honorary fellowship on Australian philosopher Peter Singer.
The Bhaluka businesswoman was detained amid tension following her Facebook remarks, while questions remain over the alleged thefts that prompted her anger
Elected with a mandate to protect students’ rights, student union leaders at five major public universities have instead repeatedly been embroiled in controversies over student assaults, teacher intimidation, administrative interference, and divisive initiatives.
The government is planning a digital platform to store assessment records of students from classes 1 to 12, helping teachers track their progress and identify learning gaps.
Bangladesh has more secondary schools than it did seven years ago, but far fewer students in them.
A Tongi father says he has received death threats after reporting his seven-year-old daughter's alleged abuse at a madrasa. The police response could matter far beyond this one case
A police outpost stood barely 30 yards from a house in Purbachal where “drug parties” had apparently been held for nearly a year.
The jailing of 85 people following a raid on a senior police officer’s house in Purbachal last week has raised questions over the evidence behind their convictions and the circulation of their photographs and videos.
According to proposals by the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), the projects will cover half of the 20,767 secondary and higher secondary educational institutions and be implemented between January 2027 and December 2031.
A journalist and a shopkeeper reported threats before they were killed. Their cases demand answers from the police.
Last week, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon announced that SSC examinees who failed two subjects could retake those exams within 15 days of the results.
Sharadiya Durga Puja is here again. Across Dhaka, temples and puja mandaps are dressed in festive colours, ready to welcome devotees. Families gather, friends reunite, and children accompany their parents to see the goddess. Devotees bow before the idols, offer anjali and receive prasad.
The confrontation raises deeper questions about university appointments, political influence and accountability
From harassment and threats to retaliation against families who speak up, the burden of safety continues to fall on girls while perpetrators often face little immediate consequence
Persistent shortages of teachers have been disrupting classroom learning at secondary schools across the country, forcing many institutions to overburden teachers of key subjects including mathematics, English and ICT, and reduce the frequency of practical classes.
School textbooks will be revised for the 2027 academic year, with new content on the Liberation War, post-independence political history and the July Uprising.