The government today (April 28) said educational institutions will remain closed again if temperatures reach 42 degrees Celsius, as schools and colleges reopen today following a seven-day closure prompted by a widespread heatwave. Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel came

Following a seven-day closure prompted by a widespread heatwave across the nation, schools and colleges reopened today (April 28). However, pre-primary classes will remain suspended for the time being. In a directive issued on Saturday, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education

Police detained more than 150 people while clearing pro-Palestinian encampments at two U.S. universities Saturday, in the latest campus clashes triggered by protests over Israel's war against Hamas. On the East Coast, police in Boston detained about 100 people while clearing a

The government has decided to reopen all primary schools from Sunday, the day also scheduled for reopening high schools and colleges, amid the ongoing heatwave. However, the class time has been reduced from 8am to 11:30am. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education took the decision

Cluster entrance examinations to 24 general and science and technology (GST) public universities are scheduled to start on April 27. This time, 305,346 candidates will participate in the entrance test in three units against approximately 20,000 seats. The entrance exam is going to

The government today (April 25) said decision on extending the existing closure of schools and colleges due to heatwave will be taken on Saturday. State Minister for Education Shamsun Nahar made the remark while talking to reporters at her office in the capital.  Replying to a

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