Searing heat has forced 33 million children out of schools in Bangladesh, as temperatures in parts of the country soared to above 42°C (108 F). Schools and colleges will be shut for at least until 27 April. This is the second year in a row that authorities had to take such a move

More than 50 people were arrested at a peaceful, pro-Palestinian protest Wednesday at the University of Texas hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Committee, a registered student group and a chapter of the national Students for Justice in Palestine, which held the rally to call for an end

The government has extended the deadline for the ongoing form fill-up process for the 2024 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) to May 5 without any late fee charges. The Dhaka Education Board issued a notice regarding this on Sunday (April 21). According to notice, the ongoing form

Dhaka University (DU) authorities on Sunday (April 21) decided to hold classes online amid heatwave. The decision was disclosed through a press release from the university's Office of the Public Relations. According to the press release, online classes will be held until further

The results of the written examination for the third phase of government primary school assistant teacher recruitment test for 21 districts of Dhaka and Chattogram divisions (except three CHT districts) were published today (April 21). A total of 23,057 candidates passed the

National University (NU) authorities today suspended classes of all colleges under the university due to the ongoing heat wave in the country. The authorities of the national university will announce resumption of classes considering overall weather condition, an official release said

In view of the ongoing heatwave situation across the country, the morning assembly of all government primary schools in the country will remain closed until further notice. This was stated in a notice signed by Mahbubur Rahman Tuhin, senior information officer of the Ministry of

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) hosted the Prof. Saleemul Huq Memorial Lecture titled "Promoting Climate Justice: Roles of Courts and Youth" on April 16, 2024 at the IUB Auditorium in Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka.  The memorial lectures were delivered by

The High Court (HC) today (April 8) stayed an order by BUET authorities to cancel the residency of the university’s student and BCL leader Imtiaz Hossain Rahim.  The bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar Kajol issued a rule in this regard. Imtiaz

Team IUB BongoMarine from Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has finished in the top 15 of the prestigious Singapore Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition (SAUVC 24).  The SAUVC24 was Co-organized by the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, and supported by the National

Thousands of schools in the Philippines suspended in-person classes on Friday, the education department said, as parts of the tropical country endured dangerously high temperatures.  Official figures showed 5,288 schools across the archipelago nation switched to remote learning,

India’s top court put on hold a lower court’s order that effectively banned Islamic schools in the country’s most populous state, lawyers involved in the case said on Friday, giving a breather to thousands of students and teachers in the system. The directive comes

Ninety-seven percent of students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) opposed student politics within the campus, according to an online survey conducted recently.  The protesting students convened a press conference in front of the university's

A 12-year-old student has opened fire at a secondary school in southern Finland, killing one student and seriously wounding two others, police said. Heavily armed police cordoned off the lower secondary school — a large educational institution including lower and upper secondary

The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have written an open letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, appealing for her assistance in keeping their campus free from student politics. They read the letter aloud during a press conference held this

The Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams will begin on June 30 The education boards announced the exam schedule (routine) on Tuesday (April 2).  As per the schedule, the exam will start with Bengali (compulsory) first paper. The written exam will end

The High Court (HC) on Monday (April 1) said that the students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) can run political activities on the campus. The bench of Justice Md Khosruzzaman and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar stayed the effectiveness of the university notice

A moot court team from the Department of Law at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) secured the "Best International Team Award" at the 12th Justice P N Bhagwati International Moot Court Competition on Human Rights, 2024.  The competition, held at the Bharati

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police is monitoring the ongoing situation on the BUET campus, said DB Chief Harun-Or-Rashid. He was talking to the reporters at his office in the capital on Sunday (March 31). Various banned organisations are conspiring on the BUET

The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) on Saturday (March 30) issued an ultimatum to the university authorities calling for the expulsion of Imtiaz Rabbi, a student of the Civil Engineering department and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) central leader.