A former student of Islamic University (IU), Mission Acharya, has alleged that despite being selected for the post of assistant teacher at a government primary school, he was excluded from the appointment because he does not have a homestead at his permanent address. He was a student of the university's Finance and Banking Department in the 2013-14 academic year.
Police have arrested a guardian of a classmate for entering a school classroom and beating and slamming a sixth-grade student three times in Munshiganj's Sirajdikhan. The incident took place around 10am on Thursday at Rajdia Abhay Pilot School and College in Ichhapura union of the upazila. Later, the school's headteacher, Biswajit Ghosh, filed a case as complainant against the guardian, named Nahid Sheikh.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has raised the question of whether any of today's political leaders were seen in street movements during the past 17 years, when BNP leaders and activists faced torture, jail, persecution, killings and false cases.
A teacher, Firozul Islam (48), sentenced to life imprisonment in a student rape case in Natore's Gurudaspur, has been released on bail from the higher court. The day after being released from jail, allegations emerged that he had threatened the complainant in the case.
Eleven officials and employees, including three teachers of Begum Rokeya University (BRU), have been permanently expelled over the murder of the university's student Abu Sayeed during the anti-discrimination student movement.
The government has taken an initiative to operate the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) of Chattogram Port through an international terminal operating company for a 15-year term. A draft agreement for operating the terminal under public-private partnership (PPP) has received in-principle approval.