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Govt secondary teachers threaten shutdown, boycott of exams to push for demands

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Teachers of government secondary schools have gathered at the premises of Shikkha Bhaban, the headquarters of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), on Abdul Gani ... Read More


Postal ballot delivery 'impossible' without complete address

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Saleem Ahmad Khan, the team leader of the Out of Country Voting (OCV) System Development & Implementation (SDI) project, has said it will not be possible to send postal ballots to ex... Read More


Election Commission moves to finalise security strategy for election

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The Election Commission has convened a meeting on Thursday to finalise a plan for the deployment of forces to ensure security during the parliamentary polls. The meeting will begin ... Read More


ACC express frustration over verdict in Purbachal plot graft cases against Hasina family

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has expressed its frustration over the verdicts in three cases over corruption in the allocation of plots in Dhaka's Purbachal New Town Project a... Read More


Bangladesh set to deliver verdict on Hasina, her children over Purbachal plot allocations

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The nation holds its breath as a Special Judge's Court in Dhaka prepares to announce a verdict in unprecedented corruption cases implicating Sheikh Hasina and her immediate family. ... Read More


Ceramic Expo 2025 opens with DBL-hosted friendly football match

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- A friendly football match has marked the opening of Ceramic Expo 2025, bringing together officials from Bangladesh's DBL Group and European representatives from international compani... Read More


Civil servant Latiful Bari dies aged 92

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Kazi Golam Murshed Latiful Bari, a former CSP official and government secretary, has died at the age of 92. He died on Tuesday at Dhaka's Square Hospital, according to a media state... Read More


Sreemangal records season's lowest temperature at 12.5degC

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The country's lowest temperature has been recorded in Moulvibazar's Sreemangal. On Thursday, the mercury dipped to 12.5 degrees Celsius at 6am, according to Dilip Vaishnav, an obser... Read More


What would count as a 'participatory election' in Bangladesh? German ambassador spells it out

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Germany's Ambassador to Bangladesh Rudiger Lotz has outlined what he considers the core elements of a "participatory election", an exercise where citizens and political parties can t... Read More


Anger, suspicion and grief overwhelm Korail slum residents after devastating blaze

Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- After a sleepless night, Nazma Begum came to her damaged house in the morning, leaving her daughter with her sister. Amidst the piles of burnt and collapsed tin sheets and ash, she ... Read More