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Making concentration camp Gaza

THE odious idea of a camp within a camp. The Gaza Strip, with an even greater concentration of Palestinian civilian life within an ever-shrinking stretch of territory. These are the proposals ventured by the Israeli government even as the official Palestinian death toll marches upwards to 60,000. They envisage the placement of some 600,000 displaced and houseless...

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Govt withdraws education secy

Information and broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam on Tuesday said the education secretary Siddique Zobair has already been withdrawn.

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Interim govt not working for people’s aspirations: discussion

Leaders of the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front on Monday alleged that the interim government was not working to fulfil the people’s aspirations rather showed its interest in signing foreign deals instead of restoring fully law and order in the country...

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Parties near consensus on caretaker govt

Almost all parties attending the National Consensus Commission’s second-round dialogue on Sunday reached a consensus on the composition and formation process of the election-time caretaker government...

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BNP says govt biased, demands quick polls 

A senior leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday urged the interim government to stop being ‘partial’ and hold the next national election soon.

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Govt forms committee to probe Gopalganj violence

The Interim government has established a three-member committee to investigate Wednesday’s acts of violence and deaths that occurred in Gopalganj over the National Citizen Party’ rally in the district.

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Attackers won’t be spared: govt

The government on Wednesday termed the attack on the National Citizen Party in Gopalganj a heinous act and said that the attackers would not go unpunished.

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Teacher shortage in govt primary schools unacceptable

ABOUT half of government primary schools running without headteachers highlights the sheer neglect that primary education continues to suffer. Official records show that the position of headteacher is vacant in 32,000 schools. According to the 2023 Annual Primary School Census, there are 65,567 government primary schools, which means that 48.8 per cent of the schools...

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BNP wants to join govt team in US tariff talks

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party would engage with the interim government to help advance the government’s ongoing tariff negotiations with the United States, as the discussions have expanded beyond trade to include broader security and strategic issues.

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Parties agree on referendum

Almost all of the political parties attending the National Consensus Commission dialogue session on Tuesday agreed on a mandatory two-thirds majority support in the parliament for constitutional amendments and on a referendum to amend...

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Half of govt pry schools across Bangladesh without head teachers

Almost half of the government primary schools across the country are running without the head teachers, causing grave concern among academicians and researchers who fear that the situation is harming both the academic environment and overall management...

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World Bank VP meets CA, praises interim govt’s economic steps

Johannes Zutt, the newly appointed World Bank Vice President for South Asia, has expressed strong support for Bangladesh’s inclusive growth and appreciated Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus for the Interim Government’s reform agenda in the economic sector.

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Govt nods for UN rights office

The interim government on Thursday approved a proposal to establish an office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bangladesh -- initially for three years...

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18 judicial officers sent into retirement

Bangladesh interim government on Thursday sent 18 Bangladesh Judicial Service members, including 15 district judges, two additional district judges and one joint district judge, into retirement on completion of 25 years of service

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Five reform reports put on back burner

Key reforms in local government, health, labour, women’s affairs, and the media have become uncertain as the issues are neither being discussed in the ongoing political consensus-building process nor the interim government has made any progress in reforming those vital areas...

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New directive issued for police verification

The education ministry on Wednesday gave new directive for police verification in appointing teachers at entry level in the non-government educational institutions...

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Yunus orders election preparations in Bangladesh by Dec

Interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday instructed law enforcing agencies to take full preparations by December for the 13th national elections to be held in mid-February or April next year...

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UN troubled by Kenya protest killings

The United Nations on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the deaths of at least 10 people in Kenya where police and protesters clashed during anti-government demonstrations the previous day...

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Nation to remember martyred children of July uprising: adviser

Bangladesh interim government social welfare adviser Sharmeen S Murshid on Sunday said the nation will long remember the children and women martyred during the student-led July mass uprising in 2024 that forced the ouster of the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina.