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The government plans to overhaul the education system. This will include eliminating public exams prior to class 10, and ensuring that students do not have to take any exams up until class 3. The new curriculum will place less emphasis on memorizing and more emphasis on activity- and experiment-based learning. Yesterday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the outline for the new curriculum. It will be implemented in phases starting January 2023 and fully implemented by 2025. From class 11, the government will also introduce streams, including business studies, science and humanities. Students had to choose from the nine streams within the existing curriculum. Dipu Moni, Education Minister, stated that the government is committed to reforming the existing education system after receiving approval from the PM. We don't want students to be under the stress of education. She stated that she wanted to provide students education with fanfare and replace the memorisati...

Rafiqul was detained on March 25 out of Motijheel place in a demonstration protesting in the trip of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of their golden jubilee of independence and later he had been freed. Rafiqul, also manager of Saoatul Hera Madrassah at Paschim Bilashpur at Netrakona, allegedly delivered provocative speech at a Waj Mahfil in Gachha recently. A Dhaka court on Thursday put Rafiqul Islam Madani, popularly known as Shishu Bokta, on a 7-day remand in a case registered under the Digital Security Act for delivering'anti-state and provocative' speeches. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court judge Abu Sufian Md Noman passed the arrangement at a digital hearing after which the investigation officer of the case sought a 10-day remand to interrogate Shishu Bokta. Rafiqul Islam was set on 4-day remand in a different instance registered with Motijheel police station earlier on April 21. A Gazipur court to prison on April 8 when he was born before the court i...