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Empathy and teachers’ training in educational psychology

Dil Afrose Duetee, M Phil

Empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, is a cornerstone of effective teaching. In the realm of education, empathy is not merely a soft skill but a critical tool that enables teachers to connect with their students, foster inclusive learning environments, and address the diverse emotional and cognitive needs of learners. As education systems worldwide strive to create mo...

FSDS think tank debuts with high-profile gathering

A new research-based institution, the Foundation for Strategic and Development Studies (FSDS), was officially launched in the capital on Sunday.

Functioning as a think tank, the institution will research governance, national security, development, and policy formulation processes in Bangladesh. The inauguration ceremony of FSDS took place on Sunday evening in the ballroom of the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel.

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Employments more important than GDP growth

Putting utmost priority on generating more employments and stabilizing the economy, Adviser to the interim government on the Ministries of Planning and Education Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud today said that generating more employments is now more important than boosting the GDP growth. "Massive problem now exists centering the GDP and it won't work only with increasing the GDP growth. Qualitative standard was not ensured over the years and our priority is now to generate more employments and stabilizing the economy," he said. Th...

11 DU hall provosts sign letters to ban student politics

DU Correspondent: Provosts of 11 out of 19 halls at Dhaka University have signed letters of commitment to ban student politics. This action follows a heightened movement by students advocating for quota reform. The signatures were collected by students after a late-night initiative to remove leaders of the Chhatra League from the residential halls began on Wednesday. In the wake of this move, the rooms of several Chhatra League leaders were vandalized. The residential halls that have implemented the ban on student politics include Dr Muhammad Shahidullah Hall, Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall, Amar Ekushey Hall, Ruqayyah Hall, Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall, Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall, Shahid Sergeant Zahurul Huq Hall, Shamsun Nahar Hall, Bangamata Sheikh F...

DU closed sine die, students asked to vacate dorms

Authorities of the Dhaka University (DU) have announced an indefinite closure of the institution amid ongoing protests demanding quota reforms in public service, instructing students to vacate their dormitories by 6pm on Wednesday. This decision had come from an emergency syndicate meeting at the office of Vice Chancellor ASM Maksud Kamal, Pro-VC (Academic) Prof Sitesh C Bachar confirmed. Previously, on Tuesday night, the University Grants Commission (UGC...

IBA MACC launched to change business education landscape

A study centre called IBA Mubarak Ali Case Centre (IBA MACC) has been launched with joint initiative of the Mubarak Ali Foundation and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) at Dhaka University to create and highlight Bangladeshi business case studies for students locally and globally. Its inauguration began with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the IBA campus on Friday afternoon, followed by a gala event at The Intercontinental Dhaka later in the evening, where luminaries from academia and industry gathered to honour this transformative endeavour.
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