Dhaka, Sept. 15 -- Police used batons, water cannons, and sound grenades to disperse private primary school teachers marching toward the chief adviser's residence at the State Guest House Jamuna, demanding the nationalization of more than 5,000 schools that had been left out. The march began at the National Press Club on Monday afternoon but was halted near the High Court. The teachers regrouped and returned to the Press Club area.

About 1,000 teachers from across the country gathered from 10:00 a.m. under the banner of the Bangladesh Private Primary School General Teachers' Unity Council. They pressed for swift action in light of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education's Consultation Committee recommendations. The protesters say the ...