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Government approves grade 10 pay for headteachers

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The government has raised the salaries of headteachers at government primary schools to grade 10, granting them the rank of gazetted officers. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Educa... Read More


Police club agriculture students, injure 25 in Pabna

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Police have charged batons on agricultural diploma students who were blockading a road in Pabna's Ishurdi Upazila, leaving at least 25 injured. The incident took place around 2pm on... Read More


Miscreants call man out of home, cut off his wrists in Khulna

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Miscreants have cut off the wrists of a man in Khulna's Batiaghata, police say. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning at Darogar Bhita Ali Nagar, Batiaghata Police chief Khandaka... Read More


Police arrest 11 more on charges of vandalism, arson at Prothom Alo, Daily Star offices

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Police have arrested 11 more people over attacks, vandalism, and arson at the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star in Dhaka. The Detective Branch arrested nine suspects across ... Read More


PBI uncovers 'fraudulent activities' by Toyota Bangladesh MD, two senior officials

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has found evidence of alleged fraudulent activities involving three senior Toyota Bangladesh executives, including Managing Director Premmit ... Read More


East West University student faces interrogation for 'plastering Hizb ut-Tahrir posters

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- A Dhaka court has granted police a day to interrogate East West University student Amjad Hossain Bukhari in custody over pasting posters of the banned organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir. D... Read More


Seat-sharing deal forces Rumin Farhana into independent bid in Brahmanbaria-2

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Brahmanbaria-2 is among the four constituencies that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has ceded to its alliance partner Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Bangladesh, a decision that has res... Read More


At least five killed in clashes between 'two groups of criminals' in Noakhali's Hatiya

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- At least five people have been killed and several others injured in violent clashes between "two groups of criminals" in Hatiya Upazila of Noakhali, according to police. Hatiya Poli... Read More


Manju issues stern message to government, Election Commission over polls

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Jatiya Party-JP Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju has taken a sharp swipe at the government and the Election Commission, saying he has "learnt many new lessons" from their recent conduct.... Read More


ECNEC approves Tk 354bn project to expand Eastern Refinery capacity

Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The interim government has sanctioned a Tk 354.65 billion project to modernise and expand the capacity of Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) at a meeting of the Executive Committee of th... Read More