Education

News Hour: To celebrate this year’s International Literacy Day, USAID’s Reading Enhancement for Advancing Development (READ) project, implemented by Save the Children in Bangladesh, organized an exhibition of teaching-learning materials at Directorate of Primary Education, on...

News Hour: Elon Musk has one of the most incredible minds around. How did he get so smart? Of course, he was probably born gifted, and according to those who know him, he definitely reads a ton, but...

News Hour Frances Arnold, the Dick and Barbara Dickinson Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry, is being honored with the Society of Women Engineers’ 2017 Achievement Award. The society’s highest award, the Achievement Award is...

News Hour Twenty nine Australian students will come to study in Bangladesh next year under the ‘New Colombo Plan’, an initiative of Australian Foreign Minister Julie Isabel Bishop. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Isabel Bishop informed her...

News Hour: GCSE passes have dropped slightly across the range of subjects, with some dramatic changes in new, tougher exams sat for the first time in England. Overall in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, passes (grades...

News Hour: Malala Yousafzai has gained a place at Oxford University after getting her A-level results. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who lives in Birmingham, confirmed the news in a tweet congratulating all students getting their results on...

News Hour: WINGS Learning Centre, the British Council’s new state of the art IELTS test center in Dhanmondi was inaugurated on 8 August 2017 by the British Council’s Regional IELTS Business Development Manager – South Asia,...

News Hour DHL Bangladesh was presented with the award for Best Education Project at the ‘7th Asia Best CSR Practices Awards 2017’, at a ceremony held at the Le Meridien Hotel, Sentosa in Singapore on 2...

News Hour The ongoing conflict in Iraq has left a total of 11 million people, including 5.1 million children, in need of humanitarian assistance. Children make up almost half of the 3 million Iraqis displaced by...

News Hour Hazardous environments such as disaster sites and conflict zones present many challenges for emergency response. But the new field of functional fabrics — materials modified to incorporate various sensors, connect to the internet, or...