Procuring Covid Vaccines: Dhaka scrambles to secure funds
The government is aggressively seeking financial assistance from development partners to procure Covid-19 vaccine as soon as it hits markets.
24 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Assignments for class 6-9 students to start on Nov 1
The government is set to start the process of giving students of classes 6 to 9 assignments from November 1 in the absence of annual examinations.
23 October 2020, 18:00 PM
No final exams for class 6-9
More than one crore students of class 6-9 will be promoted to next classes this year without any annual examinations, the government announced yesterday.
21 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Universities to hold tests for admission
Vice-chancellors of public universities yesterday decided in principle that admission tests for freshers would be held.
17 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Public university admission tests will be held
Vice-chancellors of public universities have decided in principle that admission tests for enrolling first year students will be held across the country.
17 October 2020, 13:45 PM
University Admission Process: HSC results may not help students
The University Grants Commission is set to propose that this year’s HSC exam results not be given any weight in the university admission test process as the government is awarding candidates grades without holding the public exams.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Uncertainty over grading of 2.8 lakh
Around 2.8 lakh Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) students, under Bangladesh Technical Education Board, are uncertain as to how they would be graded in the newly adapted HSC grading system.
10 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Stressed, bored
Lonely and bored, Mahdia Mahmud is now having trouble concentrating.
9 October 2020, 18:00 PM
New HSC Grading System: Those who might have failed lucky
Students who could have failed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations this year are set to get their certificates as no student will be left behind under the government’s new grading system.
8 October 2020, 18:00 PM
HSC grading based on SSC, JSC marks
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations of this year have been cancelled due to health-safety concerns.
7 October 2020, 18:00 PM
World Teacher’s Day: Plumbing depths of pandemic pain
Golam Kibria used to teach at a private school in Parbatipur town in Dinajpur before the pandemic hit the country.
4 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Getting Vaccines: Govt working on a $550m scheme
The government has undertaken a programme worth $550 million with an aim to procure and distribute coronavirus vaccines.
3 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Getting vaccines: Govt working on a $550m scheme
The government has undertaken a programme worth $550 million with an aim to procure and distribute coronavirus vaccines.
3 October 2020, 17:31 PM
Programme for nine lakh out-of-school children to be launched next year
The government is set to launch next year a non-formal education programme for nine lakh children who have either dropped out of, or never gone to, school.
2 October 2020, 18:00 PM
A-Level Exams: Students negotiate a new reality
Advanced Level examinations of the October and November session began yesterday amid parents’ concern about the grades their children would get as many could not prepare for the tests properly due to the closure of schools.
1 October 2020, 18:00 PM
A-Level Exams Today: Covid worries weigh on many students, parents
Advanced Level examinations of the October and November session are set to begin today amid the coronavirus pandemic, leaving many candidates and their guardians in utter dismay and anxiety.
30 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Huge potential lies in electronic procurement
Despite some loopholes, the implementation of an electronic system for public procurement, replacing paper-based lengthy process, has been a boon for Bangladesh as it is saving millions of dollars and reducing time in the bidding process, the World Bank said.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Holding O, A Level Exams: British Council gets govt nod
The government gave approval to British Council to administer Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations in October and November while students continue protests demanding the cancellation of exams amid the coronavirus pandemic.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt procurement: Gifts, trips secure contracts
Bidders need to give bribes in the form of financial benefits, arrange trips and host dinners for government officials to win public procurement contracts, says a World Bank report.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
No assessed grades for upcoming O/A level exams: British Council
Ordinary and Advanced level examinations for the October-November session will not be assessed based on predicted grades, British Council Bangladesh has said quoting Cambridge Assessment International Education and Pearson’s Edexcel examination boards.
22 September 2020, 18:00 PM