Earlier this month, a national daily reported that at least 325 academic papers published by Bangladeshi researchers in international journals published between 2019 and 2026 had been retracted due to various irregularities, including plagiarism.

A recent Prothom Alo report on at least 325 retracted papers affiliated with researchers at Bangladeshi universities has attracted significant public attention, with indignation expressed at the state of Bangladesh’s scholarly enterprise.

The court also ruled that the Türkiye-based Dogan Kitap Publishing House was liable for material compensation as well as moral damages.

Contract cheating is a process through which students (or academics) get original work done for them through a third party.

What makes a good student? A definitive answer to this question is difficult.

BTS fans have accused the artistes of plagiarising 90 percent of RM's music video. They pointed out that the scenes in the forest and the use of fireworks in “Harai Bohudur” were identical to those in "Wild Flower".

In the Global Knowledge Index 2021, Bangladesh ranked 120th out of 154 countries. Bangladesh ranks 102nd among the 132 economies featured in the Global Innovation Index 2022. In the age of open source AI like ChatGPT, the research and innovation qualities of Bangladeshi students and researchers may get worse, so proper steps and actions must be taken now.

If the language is too flawless and the writer unknown, if the nit-picking editor cannot put a single mark on the script, chances are that it is too good to be true.

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board has been stuck in the loop of controversies centring on school textbooks with academics and some NCTB officials blaming it on the negligence of writers and editors, insufficient training and lack of serious punishment for blunders.

Our universities were mostly designed as teaching universities. Even many of our iconic professors are not good researchers.

The High Court today (August 14, 2022) formed a seven-member expert committee to formulate a guideline in order to prevent plagiarism in PhD thesis in all public universities across the country.

Three teachers of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) have been suspended on charge of plagiarism in their research.

Aides of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen brush off criticism of her use of phrases lifted straight from a speech by conservative rival Francois Fillon in her May Day address to supporters.

The government has cancelled three national film awards bestowed upon the movie Brihannala in three categories in 2014, Information Secretary Martuza Ahmed told The Daily Star yesterday.