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From protest to policy

STUDENT power, often seen as the untapped potential within educational institutions, has historically been a force of significant social change. This power, wielded by young minds full of idealism, energy and a desire to reshape the world, has played a crucial role in numerous political, social and cultural movements across the globe. We can also see how far...

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Urgent call for major reform

BANGLADESH has recently experienced a student movement and the victory of the movement on August 5 after a month of student-led protests that sought reforms in the quota system for civil service jobs. The students have always been at the forefront of change, from their role in the 1952 language movement to the 1971 liberation war and the recent..

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Zahir Raihan birth anniv today

Today is the 89th anniversary of the birth of eminent filmmaker, fiction writer, Language Movement hero and freedom fighter Zahir Raihan...

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BRAC Univ calls papers for international conference

The BRAC University’s Institute of Languages has called for papers for the upcoming International Conference on Language Metamorphosis: Implications for Language Education in Decolonial Contexts...

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IU launches Japanese language programme

The authorities of Islamic University have launched a Japanese language programme on the campus in Kushtia under its Institute of Islamic Education and Research....

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Kamal Lohani birth anniv today

Today is the 90th anniversary of the birth of Language Movement hero, freedom fighter, cultural activist and Ekushey Padak-winning journalist Kamal Lohani...

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Curriculum, belonging and society

RECENTLY, I was invited to present an online seminar hosted by a language education research centre at a UK university. I had the freedom to choose my topic. And I chose to talk about our ongoing research on local textbooks, varieties of English, and ideologies. This research is based on an analysis of textbooks used in Bangladesh...

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Law, SC edicts for use of Bangla in all spheres forgotten

The Bangla Language Introduction Act 1987 and Supreme Court directives issued in 2012 and 2014 requiring the use of Bangla in all spheres of life and stopping distortions of the mother language appear to be forgotten over...

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