Govt clears higher pay scale for 65,502 head teachers
The Secretaries' Committee on Administrative Development has approved a proposal to upgrade the pay scale of 65,502 head teachers of government primary schools from the 11th grade to the 10th grade. The Cabinet Division sent a letter in this regard on Wednesday (December 10) to the Secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education. According to the minutes of the committee’s 8th...
7-college students rally at Shikkha Bhaban for ordinance
Students from seven colleges marched to the Shikkha Bhaban intersection on Sunday afternoon (December 7) demanding the formal ordinance for Dhaka Central University. Witnesses said the rally began around 12 pm, with processions leaving the respective campuses before converging at the Shikkha (Education) Bhaban junction. Earlier, higher secondary students from these colleges blocked the...
UK universities restrict entry for Bangladeshi, Pakistani students
Several universities in the United Kingdom have suspended or restricted admissions for students from Pakistan and Bangladesh following tougher immigration rules introduced by the Home Office and rising concerns over alleged visa abuse, the Financial Times has reported. At least nine higher education institutions have placed the two countries in a “high-risk” category for student visas and...
Students block Shahbagh over ‘schooling system’
Higher secondary students from five colleges, including Dhaka College and Eden Mohila College, blocked the Shahbagh intersection on Sunday at 11:45 am (December 7), demanding the withdrawal of the newly announced schooling system. Students said the blockade followed the publication of an ordinance based on the Dhaka Central University schooling system and a corresponding ministry press...
DU Business Unit test draws 33 candidates per seat
Admission tests for the Business Studies Unit of the University of Dhaka were held on Saturday (December 6), with 33 candidates competing per seat for first-year undergraduate places in the 2025–26 academic year. The one-and-a-half-hour exam started at 11 am and ended at 12:30 pm, taking place in Dhaka and at regional centres in Chittagong University, Rajshahi University, Khulna University,...
Primary teachers call off shutdown; exams start Sunday
Two platforms representing assistant teachers called off their “complete shutdown” of government primary schools. They also announced that annual examinations would begin nationwide on Sunday (December 7), following the suspension of the lockdown programme at 12:02 am on Thursday (December 4). In a joint statement, the Primary Teachers’ Demand Implementation Council and the Bangladesh...
Women make up 65% of awardees at IUB’s Academic Awards Ceremony 2025
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organized the Academic Awards Ceremony 2025 on Thursday (December 4) at the university auditorium, recognising students for outstanding academic performance up to the Autumn 2024 semester. Students were honoured under five merit categories based on sustained academic excellence. The Vice Chancellor’s Honour List includes those who achieved a CGPA of...
Return to work or face action: Govt to primary teachers
The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has warned that legal and disciplinary action will be taken against assistant teachers at government primary schools if they do not immediately end their work stoppage and return to duty. In a press statement issued on Wednesday (December 3), the ministry instructed assistant teachers to withdraw their strike and boycott of examinations, saying any...
BCF honours Bangladeshi students in Paris ceremony
The Bangladesh Community in France (BCF), a registered diaspora association based in Paris since 2017, has honoured Bangladeshi and Bangladeshi-origin students pursuing their studies in France at its seventh awards ceremony. The event, held on Sunday evening (November 30) at a hall in Paris’s 13th arrondissement, recognised 30 students for their academic achievements. They included 10 who...
IUB observes Global Day 2025
The Department of Global Studies and Governance (GSG) of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) and its student club Global Gatekeepers observed Global Day 2025 on November 23, 2025. The three-day flagship event included an academic seminar, the award-giving ceremony of the IUB Global Intra Model United Nations (IUBGIMUN) 2025, and a colorful cultural program. The activities marked...
Pakistan High Commission and HEC Pakistan hold largest-ever Pakistan Education Expo in Dhaka
The Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka, in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, organized the largest-ever Pakistan Education Expo in Dhaka on Monday, bringing together representatives from over 15 top-ranked Pakistani universities. The Expo is part of the Pakistan–Bangladesh Knowledge Corridor, an initiative undertaken during the visit of Pakistan’s Deputy...
IUB FormulaE team’s EV system secures first place at Innoverse Bangladesh 2025
IUB FormulaE, a team of students from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), have secured First Place in the Shaheed Tanvin Innovation Award category at Innoverse Bangladesh 2025. The event, held on November 14–15, 2025, at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), brought together top innovations from...
Dhaka College students head towards Dhanmondi with bulldozers
A group of students from Dhaka College, joined by a few from Dhaka University, set off on a march this morning (November 17) towards Dhanmondi-32, the former residence and memorial of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, bringing along two bulldozers. Among those in the procession is DU student Sabbir Uddin Rion. Their march follows closely on the heels of a looming verdict: the International Crimes...
IUB’s two-day international business conference ICEBTM 2025 begins at Westin
The two-day International Conference on Economics, Business and Technology Management 2025 (ICEBTM 2025) – organized by the School of Business and Entrepreneurship (SBE) of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) – kicked off on November 14, 2025 at The Westin Dhaka. Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and Chairman of BRAC,...
HSC re-scrutiny results to be announced on Nov 16
The results of the re-scrutiny of answer sheets for this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will be published at 10:00 am on Sunday (November 16). Professor SM Kamal Uddin Haider, convener of the Inter-Education Board Examination Controller Committee and Controller of Examinations at the Dhaka Education Board, confirmed the announcement. After...
BUTEX admission applications open Nov 11
The Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX) has announced its admission circular for the 2025-2026 academic session for the BSc in Textile Engineering programme. According to a press release, online applications will start on November 11 at 10 am and continue until December 11 at 11:59 pm. A total of 630 seats are available across 11 departments. The application fee is Tk 300, while...
Teachers demand resignations of home, primary advisers
Primary assistant teachers staging a sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar have demanded the resignations of the advisers for Home Affairs and for Primary & Mass Education, as their nationwide work abstention entered day one and the Dhaka vigil reached day two. In a statement on Sunday (November 9), movement leader Mohammad Shamsuddin Masud said the demand follows failure to meet three...
Ebtedayee teachers announce ‘long march’ to Jamuna
Teachers of independent Ebtedayee madrasas on Sunday (November 2) announced a “long march” towards the Chief Adviser’s official residence, Jamuna, at 2pm to press for the nationalisation of their jobs. The call came at a rally outside the National Press Club in Dhaka, where union leaders accused the authorities of neglecting hundreds of thousands of Ebtedayee teachers and urged the...
Khulna University admission process begins Nov 7
The admission process for first-year undergraduate programmes at Khulna University (KU) for the 2025–26 academic session will begin on November 7. The university announced the schedule in a notice published on its official website on Thursday night, outlining 1,109 available seats along with the examination timetable and related guidelines. According to the notice, online applications...
