Lowest HSC Pass Rate Leaves 1.1 Million Vacant Seats in Higher Education

Because the pass rate in the HSC examination is the lowest in the past 21 years and nearly 1.1 million seats will remain vacant in higher education for the 2025-26 academic year despite all students getting admitted to undergraduate programmes. It is found that without proper planning the number of seats in higher education has doubled over the past decade.

BUET Student Arrested Under Cyber Security Act Amid Overnight Campus Protests

Police have arrested Sreeshant Roy, a student of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), following overnight protests on campus. He was taken into custody on Wednesday in connection with a case filed under the Cyber Security Act at Chawkbazar Police Station.

Drop in English, Math Teachers Despite Rise in Educational Institutions

The number of English and mathematics teachers at secondary-level educational institutions in Bangladesh has declined over the past 13 years, despite students’ consistently poor performance in these two core subjects in public examinations.

Bangladesh Sees Worst Higher Secondary Results Since 2004

Bangladesh has recorded its worst Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exam results since 2004. In this year's HSC and equivalent exams, 58.83 percent of students have passed.