Acting on a tip-off, the DB conducted the raid yesterday and seized two trucks carrying 10,000 textbooks meant for free distribution to primary and secondary school students.

The government is racing against time to print the textbooks for free distribution among primary and secondary school students on January 1, 2025 – the first day of the upcoming academic year.

Millions of school students are starting their new year with the refreshing scent of new textbooks, as authorities all across the nation began distributing the books yesterday.

Even though festivals to distribute free textbooks will be celebrated at schools, many students will not get the full set of new books today, the first day of the latest academic year, thanks to the high price of paper and delays in placing work orders.

The authorities won’t be able to deliver 25 percent of the primary textbooks on January 1, the first day of the next academic year thanks to the high price of paper, load-shedding and delays in placing the work orders.

Almost all the new textbooks have reached upazilas and the process has begun to send those to schools for distribution among students on January 1.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the authorities concerned to give special attention to the academic activities at their educational institutions.

The government distributed free textbooks to students on the first day of the year. Children going to schools, holding new textbooks...