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Flick opens Barca tenure with win over City

New Barcelona manager Hansi Flick made a triumphant start to his tenure on Tuesday as the Spanish giants beat Manchester City on penalties after their pre-season friendly at Orlando finished 2-2 at full-time.

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Teachers say edn minister agrees to exclude public univs

Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury on Monday agreed with the protesting teachers on excluding the public university teachers, officers and employees from the new universal pension scheme Prattay, said protesting teachers’ leaders...

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A stitch in time would have saved nine

TWO protests began on July 1. Teachers of the 35 public universities that have teachers’ associations started abstaining from work to press home their exclusion from the universal pension scheme called Pratyay that the government made mandatory. And, students and job-seekers started holding protests, first, against civil service job reservations and, then, for reforms...

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Public univ teachers continue strike for 16th day

The teachers of public universities across the country observed their indefinite work abstention programme for the 16th day running on Tuesday, demanding the cancellation of the new universal pension scheme Prattay, terming it discriminatory...

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DAE gives Tk 16cr to 2 cos before work

The Anti-Corruption Commission started an inquiry into the allegations of irregularities and corruption at the Central Packing House project of the Department of Agriculture Extension.

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New pension fund rules issued after one year

The government outlined seven areas for pension fund investment in rules, issued on Sunday, nearly a year after the scheme’s introduction, which had already sparked protests...

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Public univ teachers determined to continue shutdown

Public university teachers across the country decided on Sunday to continue their indefinite work abstention programme until all their demands, particularly the demand for cancellation of the new universal pension scheme Prattay, were met...

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BSMMU to open PICU soon: VC

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University vice-chancellor professor Deen Mohd Noorul Huq said that the university would open paediatric intensive care unit or PICU with the existing manpower very soon...

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Public univ shutdown passes 11 days

The teachers of public universities across the country continued their indefinite work abstention programme for the 11th day on Thursday, demanding the cancellation of the new universal pension scheme that was made mandatory for new recruits...

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BNP must walk the walk and stop belittling legitimate issues

THE remark of the senior joint secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party that the government is creating various issues to deflect public attention away from agreements — said to have been against Bangladesh’s national interests — that the government has signed with other countries is misleading on a few counts...

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RU postpones freshers’ orientation due to teachers’ strike

The authorities of Rajshahi University on Thursday postponed the orientation class for the freshers, who recently enrolled at the university under the 2023-2024 academic sessions, due to the ongoing indefinite strike by public university teachers and employees since July 1....

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Public univ shutdown continues

Many students of different public universities and service seekers are facing difficulties regarding studying abroad or joining jobs amid the ongoing work abstention programme of the...

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Three killed in Mymensingh road crash

Three people were killed and another injured when a truck rammed into a battery-run human hauler on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road at Harua Bus Stand in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh district on Tuesday....

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Public univ shutdown continues

Teachers of public universities across Bangladesh continued their indefinite work abstention programme for the eighth consecutive day on Monday, pressing for the cancellation of the...

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Govt plans late feasibility study 

The government is going to borrow $250 million from the Asian Development Bank to implement a project for capacity building of the National Pension Authority struggling to...

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Public univ shutdown to continue

After the weekend of Friday and Saturday, the teachers of the public universities are going to resume their indefinite work abstention programme across Bangladesh today pressing for their demand for the cancellation of the universal pension scheme made mandatory for new recruits...

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Unrest at public universities

A SURGE of protests by teachers and students at public universities across Bangladesh underscores a deepening crisis in the country’s higher education system. The causes of this unrest are multifaceted, involving contentious policies such as the newly introduced pension scheme named Prattay under the Universal Pension Scheme and the reinstatement of...

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BNP infiltrates student, teacher movements: Hasan Mahmud

Foreign minister and the ruling Awami League joint general secretary Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said that the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party had infiltrated student and teacher movements over quota system and pension, as the party ‘lacks the capability to initiate independent actions.’....

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We can’t keep doors closed, PM tells JS on transit

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday questioned what loss Bangladesh would incur if transit facilities were provided to India and insisted that Bangladesh could not keep its doors closed in this current world...

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All public univs shut down for third day

The teachers continued their work abstention programme for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in public universities across Bangladesh demanding the cancellation of the universal pension scheme made mandatory for new recruits...