More than half of the country’s children aged five to 15 cannot read Bangla properly or perform basic arithmetic, while the dropout rate exceeds 33 percent by the secondary level, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday.
The Daily Star
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The Editors’ Council yesterday called for restraint and responsible conduct in expressing differences of opinion after a Facebook video clip showed PM’s Political Assistant Rashed Khan tearing up a copy of the daily Amar Desh.
A Facebook post celebrating his son’s HSC success has sparked controversy over Chuadanga district Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal president Shahjahan Khan Mia’s continued leadership of a student political organisation.
Abuse of power, black money and political criminalisation are fuelling internal conflict and turning political participation or party positions into a “power-centric business model”, TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman has said.
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday called for reforms in four key areas to ensure a smooth graduation from the group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs): public finance, energy, social protection and logistics.
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