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MPO teachers breach barricades, block Shahbagh intersection to push for demands

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Teachers and employees under the MPO scheme, who have been demonstrating for a fourth consecutive day to demand 20 percent of their basic salary as housing allowance, have blocked Dh... Read More


MPO teachers' strike enters fourth day

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Teachers and employees under the MPO scheme have continued their sit-in programme for a fourth consecutive day at the Central Shaheed Minar, demanding 20 percent of their basic salar... Read More


Infamous criminal Subrata Bain, 3 others indicted in arms case

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- A tribunal has indicted top criminal Subrata Bain aka Md Fateh Ali and three of his accomplices in a weapons case filed at Hatirjheel Police Station in Dhaka. Dhaka Metropolitan Spe... Read More


'Permanent ink' coming off voters' fingers: Chhatra Dal's Toufiq

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- The "permanent ink" being used to mark voters' fingers during the Chittagong University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) election seems to be coming off, says Bangladesh Chhatra Dal's... Read More


Shibir, Chhatra Dal complain of outsiders entering campus during CUCSU election

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- After an hour and a half of voting in the Chittagong University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) elections, the Islami Chhatra Shibir and the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal have complained ... Read More


PSC plans to start viva for 49th Special BCS on Oct 26

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- The Public Service Commission is planning to begin the viva voce for the 49th Special BCS from Oct 26 to recruit teachers for government colleges. To meet that schedule, the PSC sai... Read More


College students block Science Lab intersection for half hour

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Students from Dhaka College and Begum Badrunnesa Government Women's College blocked Dhaka's Science Laboratory intersection for a half hour to demand the institutions maintain their ... Read More


MPO teachers' strike enters third day as protesters plan 'March to Secretariat' at noon

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- As part of their "uninterrupted sit-in" demanding 20 percent of their basic salary as housing allowance, MPO-affiliated teachers and employees have gathered at the Central Shaheed Mi... Read More


An overview of the CUCSU election

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- The Chittagong University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) and hall and hostel union elections are being held on Wednesday after a 35-year gap. The polls will form a 26-strong centra... Read More


Final draft of July Charter delivered to 33 political parties

Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- The Consensus Commission has delivered the final draft of the July National Charter 2025 to 33 political parties, aiming to ensure that the reform commitments reached through dialogu... Read More