Flowers, toys at funeral for Thai school bus fire victims
Weeping parents laid flowers and toys on the coffins of 20 children killed in a Thai school bus inferno, along with three teachers, as five days of funeral prayers began on Thursday.
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Fresh sectarian violence erupts in Khagrachari
A teacher of Khagrachari Government Technical School and College was beaten to death on Tuesday for allegedly raping a Class VII student of Tripura community, triggering a fresh sectarian violence between...
Glenrich celebrates GlenXplore Day
The Glenrich International School Uttara organised an event titled GlenXplore Day to celebrate the upgrade of the Uttara campus in the capital on Saturday...
Israeli strike on Gaza school, houses kills 16
An Israeli air strike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City on Saturday, with Palestinian rescuers reporting five dead and the Israeli military saying it had targeted Hamas militants...
A critical need for the future
SINCE the July-August uprising, there has been a significant discourse on reforming Bangladesh鈥檚 education system, particularly focusing on primary and middle school curriculum and textbooks. However, one of the most urgent issues in middle school education has been largely overlooked 鈥� the critical shortage of qualified teachers. Bangladesh鈥檚...
BSF returns body of schoolboy
The Indian Border Security Force has returned the body of Jayonto Kumar Singha, a Bangladeshi schoolboy who was fatally shot along the Baliadangi border in Thakurgaon...
Kenya school dorm fire kills 17 children
At least 17 young children were killed and 70 missing after a fire ripped through a primary school dormitory in central Kenya overnight, officials said Friday, leaving...
14-year-old boy kills four in US school shooting
A 14-year-old boy killed four people, including two students, and wounded nine more when he opened fire at a high school in the US state of Georgia on Wednesday, law enforcement said...
UK Labour鈥檚 move to tax private schools stirs passions
UK鈥檚 Labour government has vowed to tax private schools in order to boost public education and create thousands of teaching posts, but the policy is causing concern for...
Governing bodies of all govt primary schools dissolved
The government has dissolved the governing bodies of all government primary schools under the primary and mass education ministry across the country...
Primary schools reopen today
Primary schools across the country have reopened on Wednesday after around one month of closure...
Ministry asks primary schools to resume classes in full swing
The primary and mass education ministry on Tuesday asked the authorities of the primary level educational institutions to resume academic activities in full swing immediately...
New curriculum not suspended: ministry
Education ministry officials on Saturday confirmed that a new school curriculum had not been suspended amid a confusion raised in this regard...
Govt backtracks from decision of reopening primary schools Sunday
The government on Saturday backtracked on its decision of resuming academic activities in all government聽 primary schools across Bangladesh except city...
10 Minute School suspends online, offline classes for indefinite period
10 Minute School, Bangladesh鈥檚 largest education platform, has suspended all their online and offline classes for an indefinite period...
Govt primary schools in Bangladesh, except in cities, reopen Sunday
Academic activities in all government primary schools across Bangladesh except city corporation areas are going to resume on Sunday after about half a month of closure following student protests for quota reform in government jobs...
AUW Summer School closing ceremony held聽
Asian University for Women celebrated its 2024 Summer School programme closing ceremony held on the campus in Chattogram on Tuesday, said a press release...
30 killed in Gaza school strike
An Israeli strike on a school killed 30 people on Saturday, after a days-long military operation further south left around 170 dead, according to emergency services...
1 lakh schools in Pakistan closed due to heat
School summer holidays will be extended by two weeks in southern Pakistan because of high temperatures, affecting more than 100,000 schools, an education official said Tuesday...
Ten Minute School investment proposal cancelled after quota remarks
Startup Bangladesh Limited has cancelled an investment proposal for the leading online educational institution Ten Minute School, days after its founder made...
SC rejects petition for appeal against admission cancellation
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court scrapped the leave to appeal brought against a High Court judgement, upholding the admission cancellation of the 169 students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College of the capital...
ASDF plants trees at Bangabhaban school
Alliance for聽 Sustainable Development Foundation, a not for profit organisation, arranged Tree Plantation and Climate Awareness Campaign-2024 at Bangahaban Government High School in Dhaka at recently aiming for making Dhaka a better place to live in...
Chevron sponsors AUW Summer School programme
The Asian University for Women has recently launched its Summer School programme for 2024, supported by the Chevron Bangladesh, at a ceremony at the university campus in Chattogram...
CISB holds graduation ceremony
The Canadian International School Bangladesh celebrated its graduation ceremony for grades 12 and 9 at the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Sheraton in Dhaka on Wednesday, said a press release...
My maths problem
AT SCHOOL, I was an average student overall, but I was terrible in maths. Some of my friends claimed perfect scores in the subject. Their achievement level was beyond my reach. I don鈥檛 remember ever scoring in the 90s out of 100 in maths in my whole life...
Israel鈥檚 strike on UN school in Gaza kills 27
The Israeli military said Thursday it had carried out a deadly strike on a UN school in Gaza that it said housed a Hamas compound, with the militant group saying the attack killed at least 27 people.
ISD celebrates class of 2024 graduation
International School Dhaka has celebrated the graduation of its class of 2024 in a grand ceremony held on Thursday at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel...
ACC sues ex-Viqarunnisa principal for recruiting 72 teachers-staff illegally
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against Kamrun Nahar, a former principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in Dhaka, on charges of illegally recruiting 72 teachers and staff...
Kadamtala Purbo Basabo School crowned champions
Kadamtala Purbo Basabo School and College from Dhaka were crowned champions of the Prime Bank National School Cricket Tournament 2023-24 as they beat Government KG Union High School from Pirojpur by 187 runs in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday...
HC stays process of recruiting primary teachers in Dhaka, Ctg
The High Court on Tuesday stayed the process of recruiting assistant teachers to government primary schools in 21 districts of Dhaka and Chattogram divisions over an allegation that a total of 46,199 candidates were selected in the recruitment test with leaked question papers...