The protesting assistant teachers of government primary schools in the country on Thursday suspended their full-day work abstention till June 25 after the authorities assured the teachers of meeting their demands for pay rise and promotion.
The patients at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital had to suffer immensely on Thursday as treatment remained suspended there for the second consecutive day on the day.
Operations at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital were suspended Wednesday morning following clashes involving hospital doctors and staff, patients injured during the July movement, and general patients...
WITH the fall of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 long-standing authoritarian regime in July 2024 鈥� toppled through a mass uprising after around hundreds of citizens were killed by state forces and Awami party workers 鈥� many in Bangladesh hoped for a democratic rebirth, one grounded in pluralism, justice, non-discrimination and civic respect. Yet, in the months that...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 leftist government said Tuesday it was selling a failed hotel project, marking its first privatisation move in line with an IMF bailout...
On the occasion of Kazi Nazrul Islam鈥檚 birth anniversary, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University Journalists Association organised a two-day long July Uprising photo exhibition...
Assistant teachers of different government primary schools across the country continued their indefinite whole-day strike for the second day running on Tuesday, pressing for an increase in the entry-level pay scale as well as promotion...
Private University National Association of Bangladesh organised a discussion on July Declaration at Abdus Salam Hall of Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on Monday, says a press release.
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday expressed concerns over the widespread rumour campaigns during the post-July uprising by vested quarters...
Four men who suffered eye injuries during the July mass uprising attempted suicide on Sunday by ingesting poison at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital in Dhaka.
Assistant teachers of the government primary schools will begin a countrywide full-day work abstention from today, demanding upgrading the entry-level pay scale and promotion...
Leaders of the Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, on Sunday called on the interim government to form a political council to maintain unity among pro-uprising political parties...
July Oikko, the alliance of 35 socio-political organisations, on Sunday called for unity among all forces of July mass uprising to resist Indian conspiracy and the resurgence of fascist power in Bangladesh...
More political parties on Sunday called on chief adviser Professor Mohammad Yunus to announce a comprehensive road map for the next Jatiya Sangsad elections, a charter for consensus-based reforms, and to ensure visible progress in the trial of the July Uprising killings.
Assistant teachers of the government primary schools will begin a countrywide full-day work abstention from Monday, demanding upgrading the entry-level pay scale and promotion.
The interim government on Sunday set the prices of salted rawhide of cows at Tk 60- 65 a square foot in the capital Dhaka before Eid-ul-Azha, a Muslim religious festival during which animals, including cows and goats, are sacrificed in the country in large numbers...
Politicians, political analysts and environment experts on Saturday called on the interim government to work for the implementation of the spirit of the mass uprising.
Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Saturday said that political elites had long manipulated the country鈥檚 capital market and political interference devastated the small- and medium-scale investors...
The body of Mohammad Hasan who died in Thailand after a long struggle to recover from a gunshot wound to the head sustained during the July-August mass uprising in Chattogram, was brought to the country on Saturday evening...
A massive Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv Saturday wounded at least 15 people, even as Russia and Ukraine continued the biggest prisoner swap since the start of Moscow鈥檚 invasion...
A group of people at an event in the capital鈥檚 Shahbagh area on Saturday demanded that chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus should be made the president of the country...
Prime Bank PLC, a leading financial institution renowned for its commitment to innovation and customer-centric solutions, has partnered with Lavender Convenience Store Limited...
A COUPLE of weeks after Israel began its campaign of terror in Gaza two Octobers ago, a journalist and novelist named Omar El Akkad published a note on X, formerly known as Twitter, that has stayed with me ever since:...
MANY people are now openly saying that the government and the state are not functioning well. There is no reason to brand everyone making such observations as fascists or their sympathisers. A significant portion of those who directly participated in or supported the anti-fascist movement in the past are also openly voicing such concerns, motivated by their...
Prime Bank PLC has partnered with Coracle GmbH, provider of blocked account services in Germany, to expedite visa application process for Bangladeshi students pursuing higher education in Germany, said a press release.
July fighter Mohammad Hasan died in Thailand after long struggle following a gunshot wound to the head during the July-August mass uprising in Chattogram.
A prisoner of Gopalganj district jail who fell sick in the jail died at 250-bed Gopalganj General Hospital on Wednesday...
The separate countrywide half-day work abstention programme by assistant teachers of the government primary schools and teachers of secondary-level schools under the monthly pay order system was observed sporadically on Thursday demanding pay hike and protesting at attacks on teachers...
The Bangladesh Prison Directorate has signed a contract with a consortium led by Mover Solar and Renewable Energy Ltd to implement solar energy systems across the country鈥檚 prisons, beginning with Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj as a pilot project.
The assistant teachers of the government primary schools on Wednesday began a countrywide half-day work abstention, demanding salary hike and promotion...