Education

The one thought that I cannot purge, as I am sitting cross-legged on the street at Shabagh square and chanting death to the collaborators, is this: what will happen when all these war criminals are hanged? Will this put an end to the bickering politics, unbridled corruption and all other looming crisis that the nation is facing? And then, I have this epiphany: what is happening now could be the long-awaited youth awakening to build a beautiful Bangladesh. Details…

Government should shut down all the schools throughout the country for two weeks due to the extreme cold. The whole country is now under the winter blow which is record in our country i.e 7.2 degree Celsius in Dhaka and 3.2 at Dinajpur recorded today. The ordinary people including the school goers are under threat and already died a dozen guys including children throughout the country today. Due to this abnormal cold wave the children may suffer from various diseases too. In rural areas like northern districts the scenery is the worst ever. Temperature in the morning is very lower and school going boys and girls are facing serious problem. Since this is the beginning of the new class, so the authority may make up the gap of the holidays in the coming months. Hope, the concerned will take necessary steps instantly.

Md. Zahidul Islam (Milton)
Journalist & Columnist
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Email: milton_goodluck2000@yahoo.co.in

Life is complicated. From time to time we ponder its meaning. It begins before we are ready and continues while we are still trying to understand its meaning. We acquire knowledge to prepare for the life’s journey and to find the meaning. Yet learning is a never ending process.

For those who are thirsty for knowledge, books are the best option for quenching their thirst. Book can enlightens our inner darkness, sharpen our intellect, broaden our mind, enrich our experience, uplift our morals, change our perspective towards life__ you name it. Details…

Several platforms of demonstrating teachers and employees of educational institutions which are not covered under the monthly payment order on Sunday started a nonstop sit-in programme for MPO benefits.

The teachers refrained from taking classes and tests to take part in the demonstration in a bid to force the government to accede to their demand.

“We had no choice but to enforce nonstop sit-in programme as the government did not take any step to meet our demand,” - said President of Council Mohammad Hanif Ullah.

According to the teachers’ leaders, there are 7,000 educational institutions across Bangladesh, with nearly 115,000 teachers and employees, which are yet to come under MPO.

News: bdnews24.com: Teachers begin nonstop sit-in for MPO

*Photographs are taken on 02 September 2012*

Riton Das is a fifteen year old boy from a village at the banks of the Halda river near the Kalurghat bridge, Chittagong. He belongs to a fishermen community. His father Shapon Das is a fisherman; so was his grandfather. On the other hand, his mother Laxshmi Das and his four elder sisters are employees in a garment factory. Whereas other children were playing at the front-yard near the river, Riton was doing his homework. It is astonishing that at this age he would be at least studying in the ninth grade but he was rather studying in the fifth grade in his school, at the time this photograph was taken. He said that there has been a prolonged gap between his academic affairs but did not state the reasons behind it. After the situations settled down, he had urged to study again and so had to go through the lower academic grades again. However, Riton shared that neither he wants to spend his whole life in the fishermen community nor he wishes to follow the trails of his family. He studies hard because he dreams to become a doctor.

*Photograph taken on 7th October 2011.

Recent trend of some media houses/journalists have arisen question amongst the common people as well as the community of the journalists about the basic principles of journalism, which may ruin the fame of this noble profession and under any circumstances we should guard it for the greater interest of the society, media and the nation. Details…

I was imagining this scenario - My sons and daughters have stopped going to several private tutors rather they are rising early in the morning. They will say their prayers peacefully without any thought of going to the private tutors chasing them at that pristine time. After the prayer they will read religious books to recharge their moral domain. Then they will browse internet to read daily newspaper to keep themselves abreast of the happenings from home and abroad and write their feelings on social network websites to share their high ideals with others and be inspired by others high ideals and feelings. Details…

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Unfortunately, after four decades of independence, the quest for equality in access and opportunities has remained elusive for the education system of Bangladesh. People from poor socio-economic and marginalised groups are not enjoying equality of educational opportunities. Truly speaking, they are excluded from all level, primary to university, of our educational planning. Details…

May I draw the kind attention of the chairman of the ‘Information Commission’ as well as the ‘Public Service Commission’ of Bangladesh in order to know the number of ‘English Medium’ candidates of the 18th BCS examination (held in 1996-97) Details…

In a democratic form of the government it’s very important to make good relation amongst the three branches like the judiciary, the legislative and the executive. The combination of these three can operate any democratic state in a better way which failure may result a chaos in the total governance mechanism. Details…