Students

Top 10 student-friendly cities in the world: Dhaka ranks extremely low

London, Tokyo, and Seoul lead the list. Out of the 160 cities in this list, Dhaka ranked 149th with a score of 44.1, one of the lowest on this list.

The perils of our English education

The problem of students underperforming in English is perennial.

Fashion meets art through trash at ULAB’s Trashion Show

The Department of Media Studies & Journalism (MSJ) at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) organised “Trashion Show” – a fashion show where students crafted different outfits and accessories using recycled waste materials.

Are students still reeling from the pandemic?

Looking back, I realise the damage that those two years of home education had cost me across multiple domains, not just my mental health.

Dhaka University’s ‘game of departments’

Democracy needs its voters; and in the case of Dhaka University, this meant recruiting enough of the right kind of voters

5 YouTube channels to help you prepare for the SAT

Five of the best YouTube channels to help you prepare for the SATs.

Restrictive upscale areas in Dhaka make commuting a nightmare for students

We, who are meant to grow up and eventually inherit the city, deserve better treatment.

Could university clubs be overrated?

University clubs come with their slew of pitfalls.

Without good teachers, any education reform agenda is futile

The solution to this problem lies in generating more opportunities for the employment of our graduates – at home and abroad.

February 13, 2016
February 13, 2016

Serving the orphans

Faridul Islam Farid would not want others to suffer what he went through.

January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016

DU looking for 29 militant suspects

After expelling six students, Dhaka University authorities are looking for another 29 students of Business Faculty for their alleged involvement with the banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir.

January 2, 2016
January 2, 2016

New books, big smiles

For schoolchildren all over the country, the first morning of the New Year came with the refreshing smell of fresh textbooks. As they went to their respective schools braving the morning chill yesterday, they each were handed over a new set of textbooks at all primary and secondary schools. Beaming with joy, some students held the books up in the air, while some were flipping through the pages after receiving them with a feeling of sheer happiness written on their faces.

September 14, 2015
September 14, 2015

VAT protesters, Titumir BCL scuffle at Kakoli

About 29 people are injured after anti-VAT demonstrators and Titumir College Chhatra League activists scuffle at Kakoli today.

August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015

When wrong is right! (video)

With utter disregard for law and norms, Dhaka University and Jagannath University buses ply on the wrong side of city streets regularly, apparently to avoid traffic.

August 23, 2015
August 23, 2015

When foreigners lend a hand to clean Dhaka (video)

A group of students from University of Japan in Bangladesh take matters on their hand lending their effort to make a cleaner Dhaka and raise awareness among all for the same.

August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015

2 girls killed in Mymensingh road crash

Two female madrasa students are dead and two injured in a road accident in Naudhar area on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.

May 9, 2015
May 9, 2015

Modi plays impromptu tabla with school kid (video)

In an unusual gesture, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with a school kid at the Education City in Jawanga in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh during his visit there.

March 24, 2015
March 24, 2015

Indian media: Ex-minister's 'bizarre' suggestion to stop cheating

Indian websites are abuzz with former federal minister Laloo Prasad Yadav's "bizarre" suggestion to stop cheating in school exams.

March 22, 2015
March 22, 2015

Nine British medics feared to have crossed into Syria

Nine British medical students and doctors are feared to has travel to Syria to work in areas controlled by Islamic State militants.

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