Throughout the country, parents are selling their property, gold ornaments or savings bonds to send their sons and daughters abroad as students, often on the recommendation of an education consultancy firm and without proper knowledge of the institution or the job market they will enter. The BRAC M
The role of Dhaka University often becomes a matter of critical discussion. Educationists, leaders and ordinary people often express their frustration. In this article, we want to seriously review the roles of, and realities about University of Dhaka. Established in 1921 under the Dacca University
Bangladesh has been working on expanding Technical and Vocational Education and Training, also known as TVET, for years. The idea is that polytechnic education will become one of the foundations for industrialisation in the country. Polytechnic institutes have been set up all over Bangladesh and
The education crisis in Bangladesh cannot be defined only as a resource crisis, but also as a governance crisis. Money is budgeted and is not utilised. Reforms are announced but arrive without training or support. Until reforms are implemented, there will be a disparity between the hopes of policy
Traditionally, war has been quantified in terms of obvious destruction: loss of territories, cities reduced to rubble, and soldiers killed in combat. Governments count victories and defeats through statistics and shifting borders. However, the underlying effects of contemporary war are most frequen
Higher education in Bangladesh has long been equated with upward social mobility, economic security, and national progress. A university degree was generally seen as a ticket to employment and stability, thus worth the sacrifices imposed upon both families and students. That view shaped public poli
Gone are the days when the traditional chalkboard was the prime focus of classrooms in Bangladesh. In its place, a new and increasingly influential presence has begun to emerge: artificial intelligence (AI). Globally as well as in Bangladesh's schools, AI use has rapidly gained speed over the past
Another round of government and multilateral scholarships opens for the 2026 academic year, creating a competitive but promising landscape for fully funded study abroad. From late 2025 to mid-2026, application windows will open for South Korea, the European Union, the United States, Australia, Japa