US Reports Jump in Number of Students From Bangladesh 

FILE - Bangladeshis flip colored cards to form the national flag during Victory Day celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 16, 2013.

The number of Bangladeshi students studying in the United States increased by more than 300% over a decade, from 3,314 in 2011-2012 to 13,563 last academic year, according to the U.S. government’s Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange 2023.

Porimol Palma, writing in The Daily Star of Bangladesh, gives some of the reasons for the increasing popularity of the U.S. as a study destination. (December 2023)