Education Minister Dr. A.N.M. Ehsanul Haque Milon said the government is working to appoint 77,000 teachers at MPO-listed institutions, with about 32,500 promotions and 32,000 new hires also stalled in legal disputes.
Bangladesh's National University has selected 2,897 students from 837 affiliated colleges to receive scholarships, the university said in a Facebook post.
Bangladesh will set up 300 new AI- and cloud-based smart classrooms in 150 secondary schools, funded by a Chinese grant and budgeted at about 135 crore taka, the directorate of secondary and higher education…
Bangladesh's education system is in crisis, with World Bank and UNESCO reports showing low quality despite higher enrollment, an education commentary says.
DHAKA — Bangladesh's secondary and higher education directorate has decided to add 3,736 newly recruited private school and college staff to the government's monthly pay order, officials said.
DHAKA — Bangladesh's Higher Secondary Certificate exams will begin July 2 and end Aug. 8, the Dhaka education board said in its 2026 schedule published Wednesday.
DHAKA — Bangladesh's Madrasa Education Board has released the 2026 Alim exam schedule, with tests running from July 2 to Aug. 8, the board said Saturday.
CHANDPUR, Bangladesh — Bangladesh's education minister, Dr. A.N.M. Ehsanul Haque Milon, said the country's young generation will put the nation on the world map as it competes in international sports.
The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education has directed all educational institution heads to ensure student participation in the 2026 National High School Programming Contest.
The Late Mahbub-ul-Alam Memorial Foundation distributed school bags and supplies to 500 meritorious and underprivileged students in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat on Monday.
A legal notice has been sent to senior officials seeking to halt the release of primary scholarship exam results, citing a discriminatory 80:20 quota between government and private school students.
DHAKA — Shojol Kumar Roy, a Dhaka University postgraduate student from a destitute family, has appealed for help to fund overseas treatment for his mother, who is battling advanced breast cancer.
JASHORE — Local residents and a lawmaker have called for establishing a full-fledged agricultural university on unused land at one of the country's largest cotton research farms in Chougachha upazila.
Police recovered the body of a Dhaka University postgraduate student in Badda on Sunday morning along with a suicide note naming a teacher and a classmate, both of whom have been detained for questioning.
DHAKA — A list of 77,227 vacant teaching positions in private, MPO-listed institutions across Bangladesh has been compiled, Education Minister A.N.M. Ehsanul Haque Milon said Thursday, and a recruitment notice will be issued soon.
Students at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur said the campus ambulance had been out of service for three days because of a fuel shortage, leaving sick students without emergency transport.
Daily power cuts lasting 10 to 12 hours are devastating students preparing for the SSC examinations, Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Salahuddin Ayubi told parliament Sunday.
The Education Ministry has ordered upazila administrations to compile lists of retired and physically able teachers who can be hired temporarily as a teacher shortage and NTRCA recruitment delays disrupt classes.
Emergency services at Dhaka Medical College Hospital were suspended Wednesday after a clash erupted between hospital doctors and Dhaka University students, officials said.
KURIGRAM — Azimul Islam, 24, a university student in Fulbari upazila, died at a hospital after attempting suicide when his family could not provide money he had requested, police said.
Al Amin High School in Mymensingh's Fulbaria upazila held its first alumni reunion to mark its 60th anniversary, with lawmaker Kamrul Hasan Milon as chief guest.
A Kurigram man says a Rangpur deputy education director agreed to take 15 lakh taka to list teachers under the MPO scheme, then had him arrested when he brought less than promised.
KAUNIA — Parents, students and residents of Char Dhushmara village held a human-chain protest on Tuesday demanding the local government primary school remain at its original location, and alleging irregularities by its teachers.
A government primary school in Faridpur's Sadarpur upazila has been closed for five consecutive days, with the head teacher citing a nearby Islamic religious festival, sparking outrage among parents and a formal explanation request…
KULAURA, Moulvibazar — Former students from various HSC batches gathered at Kulaura Government College in Moulvibazar on Saturday for the institution's first-ever reunion since its founding in 1969.
Two young residents of Madhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj have excelled in the 49th Bangladesh Civil Service exam, one becoming the country's youngest cadre and the other topping the mathematics cadre nationwide.
Syeda Juweli Akhter Monika of Betagi Girls' School and College has been named Barishal division's top class teacher for 2026 and will compete at the national round in Dhaka.
A new academic building at Shambhu Secondary School in Bhola's Tazumuddin upazila was inaugurated Saturday, built at a cost of 90 lakh taka under the SESIP project.
BARAIGRAM, Natore — Two students in Baraigram upazila who retook just one subject in the technical education board's SSC exam have been marked failing in a second subject that was not on their admit…
About 1,229 students from 27 secondary schools sat for the Mujibur Rahman Memorial Foundation's scholarship examination at Dhamoirhat Safia Pilot High School in Naogaon.
Karima Khatun, the daughter of a day laborer in Rajshahi's Durgapur upazila, has earned admission to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College in Barishal, drawing celebration in her village.
Border Guard Bangladesh has opened a primary school in the remote village of Bulu Para in Bandarban's Thanchi upazila, serving about 70 to 80 children from three nearby hamlets, the unit's commander said.
The superintendent of a madrasa in Bandarban's Naikhongchhari upazila faces allegations of sexually harassing female students, while families say protesters were attacked on their way to a demonstration. The superintendent denies the allegations.
More than 800 students took part in a 'Run for Unity' marathon at Noakhali Science and Technology University on Saturday, organized by the campus Chhatra Shibir unit despite the bitter cold.
Abul Kalam Sumon passed the 16th teachers' registration exam and ranked 65th on the national merit list, but never got a job. The Noakhali man now farms by day and sells jhalmuri by night…
Border Guard Bangladesh has delivered benches, chairs, tables and other school supplies to a primary school in the remote Prongjang Para village of Bilaichhari upazila in Rangamati.
The Rangamati Hill District Council postponed a teacher recruitment exam after the Anti-Quota Unity Alliance called a 36-hour shutdown over hiring quotas. The group later withdrew the strike.
A former Dhaka University student from Kushtia's Mirpur upazila died by suicide after a long struggle with fibrous dysplasia, a rare bone disorder, police said Monday.
A gas cylinder exploded at a food shop in an extension of Dhaka University's Bijoy Ekattor Hall, triggering a fire, university officials said. No one was injured.
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology has scheduled its student union election for December 17, but students say the campus will be largely empty that day and are demanding the date be moved.
Students at Dhaka University's Rokeya and Shamsun Nahar halls said organizers of a five-hour cultural program at the TSC accused them of being Shibir activists after they asked that the music be turned down.
Bangladesh Open University Vice Chancellor A.B.M. Obaidul Islam said teachers were forced at gunpoint to stamp ballots and stuff ballot boxes overnight during past elections, and that those days would not return.
At least 10 Dhaka University students were injured Friday morning when panic spread through residence halls during an earthquake, with some leaping from buildings and others trampled in stampedes.
Applications for first-year undergraduate admissions to Rajshahi University for the 2025-26 academic year open Friday at noon and run through Dec. 7, university officials said.
Nearly 600,000 candidates have applied for about 12,500 assistant teacher positions in government primary schools in the first phase of recruitment covering six divisions, with the deadline ending Friday.
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board says it is working to put quality textbooks into students' hands at the start of the new academic year, following directions from the Education Ministry.
The Jashore Education Board has suspended the academic accreditation of 50 colleges that failed to enroll the required minimum number of students for the 2024-25 academic year.
Bangladesh's Non-Government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority will reassign 320 teachers who could not join their schools because of erroneous vacancy listings.
The Bangladesh government has given in-principle approval to merge seven government colleges in Dhaka into a new public university called Dhaka Central University, the Education Ministry said.
Dhaka University deputy registrar Muhammad Lablu Molla was handed to Shahbagh police late Monday after posting on Facebook about Sheikh Hasina's death sentence.
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir held a reception and career guidance program for outstanding students at Government Nazir Akhtar College in Sonatola, with speakers urging the next generation to play a leading role in education…
The Health Ministry has reduced 355 MBBS seats and added 75 across government medical colleges for the 2025-26 academic year, setting total enrollment at 5,100.
Students can apply to government and private secondary schools from Nov. 21 through Dec. 5, with the digital lottery scheduled for Dec. 14, education officials said Monday.
The Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board has ordered schools to stop holding mock examinations for the HSC until further notice, while keeping regular classes running.
The government has begun accepting applications for 10,219 assistant teacher posts in government primary schools across six divisions, with online submissions open through Nov. 21.
A decision by BNP's student wing to put male members in charge of the women's residence hall at Jamalpur Science and Technology University has triggered sharp criticism on campus.