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22 October 2025, 18:19 PM
News Analysis / Consensus to reform: Will this one stick?
Most of the political parties have signed the much-discussed and long-awaited July National Charter -- a landmark document towards reshaping Bangladesh’s democracy and its institutions.
18 October 2025, 18:11 PM
Analysis / Reform by consensus, or another consensus to reform?
Most of the political parties have signed the much-discussed and long-awaited July National Charter
18 October 2025, 05:00 AM
Groundwork laid for sweeping constitutional reforms
The July National Charter, forged in the wake of the 2024 mass uprising, seeks to reshape Bangladesh’s constitution, as it proposes extensive reforms aimed at strengthening democracy and accountability.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Reviving parliament, the heart of democracy
The July National Charter, born out of a compact among political parties, proposes a raft of constitutional reforms to reinvigorate Bangladesh’s parliament, which has remained weak and failed to function as an effective check on executive authority.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Restoring caretaker system with more safeguards
Very few topics in Bangladesh’s political discourse have sparked as much debate or endured as long as the caretaker government system. To many, it represents not just a procedural framework but also a reliable means of conducting free and fair elections.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
The power tango between the PM and the president
Reforms ahead of the national election have been the most consistent pledge of the interim government. One of the core reforms, apart from reviving the caretaker government system, is to bring about a balance of power between the prime minister and the president.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
A dozen new laws for system reboot
It will require at least a dozen new laws and amendments to eight existing ones to implement the raft of proposals made in the July National Charter.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Primary-Higher Secondary Education: Major reforms on the horizon
The government is planning an overhaul of the education system which, among other changes, will scrap any public exams before class 10 and also ensure no exams of any kind for students up to class 3.
13 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Schools Reopen: Caged no more, back to fun
The cadence of children is returning to the classrooms today after 543 days -- a major milestone in the government’s effort to return the country to its pre-pandemic state.
11 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Primary school students: Not more than 3 classes a day
Primary students will attend three classes a day from tomorrow when in-person classes resume, Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) decided yesterday.
10 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Sick students won’t be marked as absent
Students who will miss in-person classes being infected with Covid-19 or having symptoms will not be counted as “absent” in the school attendance if they show proof, education ministry top officials said.
9 September 2021, 18:00 PM
International Literacy Day: 50 lakh to be made literate
The government is working on a programme that aims at providing basic literacy knowledge to 50 lakh people aged 15 and above and skill development training to five lakh of them.
7 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Regular classes not for all now
Examinees of PECE, SSC and HSC will have to attend in-person classes every week day while the rest of the students will go to school once a week after schools and colleges reopen on September 12.
5 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Children 12 and above to get jabs
The government is planning to inoculate children aged 12 and above against Covid-19.
4 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Schools Reopening: Long wait is over Sept 12
With Covid-19 infections gradually going down, the government is set to reopen schools and colleges from September 12, allowing students to attend in-person classes in phases after around 18 months of closure.
3 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Schools, colleges to reopen soon
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament said she directed the authorities concerned to reopen all schools and colleges soon and that they were taking measures in this regard.
2 September 2021, 18:00 PM
NID for students: EC to get info from educational institutions
Election Commission (EC) is planning on collecting information of students from their educational institutes to provide them with National Identity (NID) cards.
31 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Reopening of Universities: 19 months’ wait may end Oct 15
All public and private universities will start in-person classes from October 15, after all students have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccines, a meeting of the ministries and stakeholders concerned decided yesterday.
26 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Universities can resume in-person classes from Oct 15 after all students, teachers vaccinated
Universities can reopen from October 15 after vaccinating all their students and teachers.
26 August 2021, 10:13 AM
Pandemic-hit Education Sector: Recovery plan needs $90m
The government, following a study, has primarily estimated that it will need at least $90 million to implement a recovery plan for an education sector hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Over 4,100 polls by Dec!
The Election Commission (EC) is going to hold more than 4,100 elections by December. Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayoral election, and all district council and union parishad (UP) polls are to be held in this period.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Parents worried over Aga Khan School’s planned closure
Many parents of Aga Khan School are anxious about the future of their children, as authorities concerned will close down the school and establish a new institute, which will reportedly charge more and restrict the option of choosing curriculums.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Reopening Schools: Universities to lead way
The government is considering reopening educational institutions in phases with universities set to be the first to resume in-person classes amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
15 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Learning Loss in Pandemic: Govt to buy digital contents for students
The government is going to buy digital contents containing interactive and communicative lessons to help secondary students tap the potentials of distance learning.
11 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Non-MPO Teachers: Eid will bring them no joy
Shahadat Hossain, principal of Nikunja Model College in the capital, was able to pay for family expenses for the first 10 months of the pandemic, with the money he got from selling some of his ancestral land.
19 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Shortened versions of SSC, HSC exams likely in Nov, Dec
The SSC examinations will be held in November and the HSC tests in December if the Covid situation improves, the government announced yesterday allaying to some extent worries of around 36 lakh students as well as their guardians.
15 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt’s New Stimulus Packages: For the poor made poorer
The government yesterday announced a Tk 3,200 crore relief package for the ultra-poor and destitute families and the tourism sector -- segments that were dealt a fresh blow by the latest round of hard lockdown to contain the second wave of Covid-19 cases.
13 July 2021, 18:00 PM