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Primary teachers start work stoppage, demand resignations of two advisors at Shaheed Minar

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Government primary school teachers are conducting a work stoppage to protest the "police attack" on their protests pushing for three demands, including salaries at the grade 10 level.... Read More


Primary teachers suspend work stoppage

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Assistant teachers from the government primary schools, who are demanding 10th-grade pay among three demands, have suspended their work stoppage. Following a meeting with government ... Read More


25 Awami League activists arrested for planning to release 100,000 balloons in Dhaka

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Police have arrested 25 leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliate organisations on charges of planning to release 100,000 balloons in Dhaka. Citing the initial inte... Read More


Government enacts two ordinances granting legal protection to 10 types of personal data online

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- The government has issued two ordinances on personal data protection and management, bringing 10 types of information -- including financial, health, and community-related information... Read More


CID chasing $100mn in funds 'laundered' by Salman and associates

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- The police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) says it is continuing efforts to repatriate nearly $100 million allegedly laundered under the guise of export trade, funds it link... Read More


Police disperse non-MPO teachers' rally with water cannon, sound grenade

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Police have used water cannons and stun grenades to disperse a rally of teachers demanding the inclusion of non-MPO educational institutions under the monthly-pay-order scheme. Sever... Read More


'Plot graft': 22 people testify against Hasina, Rehana, Tulip

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- A Dhaka court has recorded testimonies of 22 witnesses in three separate cases by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and members of her ... Read More


Advisor Asif Mahmud plans to stand in February election as an independent

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Local Government Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said he intends to contest in the next parliamentary polls as an independent candidate. On Sunday afternoon, he said, though h... Read More


Four school students drown in Meherpur lake

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Four school students have died while picking water lilies from a lake in Meherpur Sadar. Sadar Upazila administrator (UNO) Khairul Islam said, "The accident occurred around 5:15pm on... Read More


Secretary calls on Aam Jonotar Dal's Tarek to seek legal resolution through an appeal

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Amid his ongoing hunger strike demanding party registration, Aam Jonotar Dal General Secretary Md Tarek Rahman has been urged by Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed to submit a... Read More