Bangladesh, Nov. 10 -- President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the country's education system had been "dismantled" over the past one-and-a-half decades, adding that the government was working to rebuild it.

"Over the past one-and-a-half decades the country's education system, along with all democratic institutions, was destroyed. The present government is working to rebuild the collapsed education system and other democratic institutions," he said.

The President made the remarks when a delegation led by Dr Hasanul A. Hasan, founding member and chairman of the Board of Trustees of American International University, paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban.

During the meeting, the university's Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Sai...