The Urgent Need to Support Research on World Teachers' Day: An Appeal for Our Collective Future

On the occasion of World Teachers' Day 2025, we, the educators and researchers of Bangladesh, come before you not only with a petition but with a shared hope for our nation’s future. We begin by expressing our profound respect and deepest gratitude for the vision that guides our country and for the tangible support we have witnessed, such as the promotion of research funding at institutions like the Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT). These initiatives are a beacon of progress, signaling a commitment to a knowledge-based Bangladesh. It is with this spirit of collaboration that we humbly bring to your attention a critical policy that, perhaps unintentionally, is hindering the very excellence we all seek to achieve. We...