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Arson, clashes as Daffodil, City University students face off in Savar

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- Students of Daffodil International University and City University have clashed overnight in Dhaka's Savar. The violence continued between 9pm on Sunday and 4am on Monday in the Khag... Read More


Japanese delegation briefs Yunus on recruitment plan of 100,000 worker over five years

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- A high-level Japanese delegation has presented the progress in recruiting 100,000 skilled Bangladeshi workers to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus. The 23-member delegation from the Nati... Read More


ACC prosecutes former PM's press secretary Nayeemul Islam Khan, wife over no wealth filing

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former press secretary to deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Nayeemul Islam Khan and his wife Nasima Khan Monty for f... Read More


Bangladesh nationalises 13 schools in 2025, taking overall count to 693

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- Bangladesh has nationalised 13 schools in 2025, bringing the total number of government schools in the country to 693. Among the latest is JJI Junior Secondary School in Jashore's A... Read More


Cyclone Montha forms in Bay of Bengal, seaports to raise warning signal

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The deep depression in the southeast and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal has moved west-northwest and intensified into cyclonic storm Montha. In a special weather bulletin on Mond... Read More


Bangladesh, Pakistan discuss enhancing sea and air links at JEC meeting

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed has said discussions were held on increasing sea and air connectivity between the two countries at the Joint Economic Commission meeting, held after ... Read More


Jamaat's pledge to cut mothers' work hours sparks intense debate online

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- A pledge by Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman to reduce working hours for working mothers from eight to five hours if elected to power is igniting widespread criticism on social ... Read More


45 primary headteachers' pay upgraded to 10th grade

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has upgraded the salaries of 45 government primary school headteachers to 10th grade, granting them gazetted officer status. A long legal ... Read More


July Charter implementation recommendations finalised, to be handed over to government Tuesday

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The National Consensus Commission has finalised its recommendations for implementing the July National Charter, which will be handed over to the government on Tuesday. The handover ... Read More


Child Musa's dream was to fly in the sky, July Uprising brought him down

Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- Six-year-old Md Basit Khan Musa, once full of dreams of soaring through the skies as a pilot, now struggles with paralysis on one side of his body after suffering a gunshot during th... Read More