Education

Students from the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Dhaka, organized a unique road painting program on March 14 in celebration of the World Pi day. Facilitated by country’s leading paint solutions brand Berger, students painted...

The British Council Scholarships for Women in STEM support women wishing to pursue postgraduate study in science, technology, engineering or maths at a university in the UK. This prestigious scholarship will allow over 100 women from...

Jo Mithen, the CEO and Executive Director of Monash College, Australia, paid a visit to Universal College Bangladesh (UCB), an STS Group entity providing world-class education in Bangladesh. Students, teachers and professionals from various fields got...

The British Council held its annual Schools Now! conference, in Dubai on 1 and 2 March 2023, which brought together education leaders and professionals from British Council’s Partner Schools around the world, to discuss the latest...

The ongoing war in Ukraine has disrupted education for more than five million children, UNICEF warned today, calling for increased international support to ensure children do not fall further behind. The impact of 11 months of...

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Bangladesh Open University (BOU) and Columbia University (CU), New York, with the intention of fostering academic programs and cross-disciplinary research collaboration, particularly in the area of climate change...

Due to the global pandemic and rising education costs, many families are now in debt solely to pay for their children’s education. According to a news statement from BRAC issued here today, costs including tuition, private...

Today, on January 1st, 2023, students in primary and secondary education received brand-new textbooks at no cost and participated in a nationwide “book festival.” Dr. Dipu Moni, the education minister, participated in the secondary level “book...

Graduation ceremony of the 5th cohort of primary teachers under the “Training of Master Trainers in English” (TMTE) project – a collaboration between the British Council and Directorate of Primary Education – was held recently at...

An activist reported that a small group of Afghan women protested defiantly against a Taliban decree barring them from universities on Thursday in Kabul, and that several of them were detained. The Taliban’s minister of higher...