Bangladesh has frequently celebrated its advancement in both education and employment in recent years. Enrolment in universities is rising and new sectors are emerging at the same time. Policymakers often highlight job creation as a sign of economic success. But a silent contradiction exists here.
For decades, the conversation around academic funding was tilted heavily in one direction. Fields like robotics, medicine, artificial intelligence commanded headlines, attracted investors, and generated the kind of excitement that flows naturally into research grants and institutional support. Th
Bangladesh finds itself at an unusual juncture in the global higher education landscape. Whilst the country sends tens of thousands of its own students abroad each year, a quieter and less-discussed trend is taking shape in the port city of Chattogram, where a growing number of foreign students, pa
Army Institute of Business Administration, Sylhet, will host AXIOM 2026, a national-level research competition, on May 11, 2026. The event is designed as a scholarly platform for emerging researchers to present evidence-based, innovative work addressing real-world problems aligned with the United N
Open a job board in Dhaka today, and the listings are familiar: accountant, sales executive, garments supervisor. What is conspicuously absent is any serious recruitment for data annotation. This sector generated approximately US$ 6.98 billion globally in 2025 and is projected to reach US$ 44.68 bi
Korno Jyoti Tripura lives in Matiranga, an upazila of Khagrachari district. He is currently a student in the Department of Bangla at the University of Dhaka. His journey from a remote hill upazila to one of the country's leading universities reflects not just personal struggle, but a structural ine
Over the past decade, academic dishonesty has evolved significantly, growing not only in frequency but in scale and sophistication. What was once confined to hidden notes or copied answers has expanded into AI-generated essays and outsourced assignments. This shift raises profound questions about i
North South University (NSU) conducted its Undergraduate Admission Test for the Summer 2026 Semester on Saturday, with the examination running from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm on the university campus. More than 10,000 candidates attended the examination, each seeking a place in one of the university's f
The foundation of a nation's education system is built within the classrooms of quality primary and secondary schools. As we know, education is the backbone of a nation. This preparation starts from these institutions. In Bangladesh, admission tests were once the standard for evaluating merit. Howe
There is a statistic circulating in boardrooms and policy circles that deserves far more attention than it is getting. Women are nearly three times as likely as men to have their jobs automated by AI, according to a recent United Nations report. Read that carefully. Three times. And buried inside t
The relationship between humanoid knowledge and artificial intelligence represents one of the most transformative developments of this 21st century era, where globalisation and industrialisation are advancing like F1. While humans acquire knowledge through experience, emotion, culture, intuition, a
Women in this country make an extraordinary amount of sacrifice. They manage households, raise children, hold down careers, care for ageing parents, and somehow still show up the next morning and do it all again. What consistently and quietly gets lost in all of this is their own health. On this I
For decades, Bangladesh has invested heavily in human capital. Public funds sustain millions of students through primary, secondary, and higher secondary education. Families allocate significant income to examinations and university preparation. Public universities are subsidised so that merit, rat
