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Arafat Rahaman

Reporter, Print/Digital, The Daily Star

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Inside colleges where no one passed

In Chattogram’s Chandgaon, two students sat for this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate exams from Meron Sun College. Both failed.
21 October 2025, 21:17 PM
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Rucsu too goes to Shibir

The Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed Sommilito Shikkharthi Jote has swept the Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (Rucsu) election, securing 20 out of 23 central posts in the first such polls held in 35 years.
17 October 2025, 18:23 PM
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Allegations of irregularities surface even though observers say Rucsu Polls peaceful

Democratic Students' Council alleges of lack of level playing field
16 October 2025, 14:53 PM
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Teachers with no schools to go to

As the world celebrates International Teachers’ Day to honour educators and their role in society, teachers in Bangladesh are observing it in a different reality.
4 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Analysis / Rucsu in chains: How a university scripted its own crisis

Teachers, staff still holding up the polls, and Rucsu still in their grip
25 September 2025, 05:27 AM
literacy in Bangladesh

Total literacy elusive after Tk 4,000cr spent

Nearly one in five Bangladeshis aged seven and above remains illiterate, despite Tk 4,000 crore being spent on literacy programmes over the past 34 years.
8 September 2025, 18:09 PM
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Analysis / How weaponising murder cases is shielding real perpetrators

One year after the July uprising, Bangladesh finds itself at a critical juncture, yet shows little sign of crossing it
1 September 2025, 14:19 PM
student union elections in Bangladesh

Students’ unions: Legal bars, admin delays stall polls in many universities

Of 56 public universities across the country, only seven have the legal provision for a central students' union
27 August 2025, 18:16 PM
no-pass-college.jpg

Inside colleges where no one passed

In Chattogram’s Chandgaon, two students sat for this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate exams from Meron Sun College. Both failed.
21 October 2025, 21:17 PM
ru.jpg

Rucsu too goes to Shibir

The Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed Sommilito Shikkharthi Jote has swept the Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (Rucsu) election, securing 20 out of 23 central posts in the first such polls held in 35 years.
17 October 2025, 18:23 PM
Rucsu allegations.jpeg

Allegations of irregularities surface even though observers say Rucsu Polls peaceful

Democratic Students' Council alleges of lack of level playing field
16 October 2025, 14:53 PM
khulna_teacher.jpg

Teachers with no schools to go to

As the world celebrates International Teachers’ Day to honour educators and their role in society, teachers in Bangladesh are observing it in a different reality.
4 October 2025, 18:00 PM
ru.png

Rucsu in chains: How a university scripted its own crisis

Teachers, staff still holding up the polls, and Rucsu still in their grip
25 September 2025, 05:27 AM
literacy in Bangladesh

Total literacy elusive after Tk 4,000cr spent

Nearly one in five Bangladeshis aged seven and above remains illiterate, despite Tk 4,000 crore being spent on literacy programmes over the past 34 years.
8 September 2025, 18:09 PM
uprising_victims_02102024_f032_tam.jpg

How weaponising murder cases is shielding real perpetrators

One year after the July uprising, Bangladesh finds itself at a critical juncture, yet shows little sign of crossing it
1 September 2025, 14:19 PM
student union elections in Bangladesh

Students’ unions: Legal bars, admin delays stall polls in many universities

Of 56 public universities across the country, only seven have the legal provision for a central students' union
27 August 2025, 18:16 PM
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Education left behind

One year into its tenure, the interim government is struggling to bring stability to the country’s educational institutions, beset by campus unrest and disruptions to academic activities.
10 August 2025, 18:16 PM
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Is the uprising unravelling?

Extortion allegations taint SAD, shaking the student-led uprising that inspired a nation
30 July 2025, 11:49 AM
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July uprising: A movement that united campuses and classrooms

Bangladesh’s student movements have long been rooted in the dormitories of public universities -- Dhaka University, Rajshahi University, Jahangirnagar University, and Chittagong University -- where slogans, marches, and political pressure have often driven change.
29 July 2025, 18:10 PM
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Student union election: DU, JU set for Sept polls, other univs lag behind

The much-anticipated Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) election is likely to be held in the second week of September.
20 July 2025, 18:08 PM
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SSC pass rate plunges to a 16-year low

The pass rate in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations across all nine general education boards has dropped to 68.04 percent, the lowest in 16 years.
10 July 2025, 18:09 PM
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When did we stop being human in the pursuit of a headline?

We have turned the victim's trauma into commodity in an insatiably frenzy for traction
2 July 2025, 08:49 AM
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Appointment by allegiance

30 of 47 newly appointed VC had ties to teachers' groups linked with BNP or Jamaat
1 July 2025, 12:47 PM
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Technical education hit by teacher shortage, falling enrolment

Bangladesh’s technical education sector is facing a slow-burning crisis, shaped by a severe shortage of teachers, poor infrastructure, and steadily declining student interest.
27 June 2025, 18:04 PM
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Mob violence now alarmingly routine

Rights groups say the state's failure to act swiftly and decisively has to some extent emboldened mobs and contributed to a climate where vigilante justice is becoming commonplace.
24 June 2025, 18:36 PM
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Is Mahmudul's arrest a message?

A journalism teacher at Begum Rokeya University, Mahmudul Haque now sits in jail
22 June 2025, 06:11 AM
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Are we hurtling towards mob journalism?

It was supposed to be a routine traffic stop. Two women on a motorbike were stopped in Hatirjheel for not wearing helmets
15 June 2025, 08:28 AM
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July Warriors: Patients who refuse to be just patients

Our hospitals exist to heal bodies, not feed egos
13 June 2025, 11:07 AM

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