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Five projects underway to improve primary education system, JS told

The government has undertaken several projects to improve primary and mass education across Bangladesh, Primary and Mass Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon told parliament on Sunday, reports UNB.Responding to a question from lawmaker SM Jahangir Hossain (Dhaka-18), the minister said a total of five projects are currently being implemented...

PM gives Eid gift to all city corporation cleaners

Prime Minister (PM) Tarique Rahman on Sunday provided an Eid gift of Tk 5,000 to each cleaner employed by the country's 12 city corporations, reports UNB.He handed over cheques to the Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation and administrators of other city corporations at his office at the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat,...

MP raises concern over irregularities in govt pry schoolteacher transfer

A member of parliament on Sunday raised concerns over alleged irregularities in the transfer of government primary school teachers, claiming that a significant number of teachers from outside the locality are being posted in his constituency in violation of existing rules, reports UNB.Taking the floor during the question-and-answer session, MP...

‘Govt considers recruiting 9,000 religion teachers for primary schools’

The government is considering the recruitment of around 9,000 religion teachers in primary schools as part of efforts to strengthen moral and religious education, Education Minister A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon told parliament on Sunday, reports UNB.The government has placed renewed emphasis on primary education and is preparing a...

Campaign in Bogura-6, Sherpur-3 begins today

Election campaign in the parliamentary election in Sherpur-3 and by-election in Bogura-6 begins today (Monday) as Election Commission (EC) allotted election symbols among the candidates, reports BSS.A total of six candidates, three in each constituency, are contesting the election in Sherpur-3 and by-election in Bogura-6 parliamentary seats, Returning Officers of...

Sramik League leader shot dead in Bagerhat

BAGERHAT, Mar 15 (UNB): A local leader of Sramik League was gunned down by unidentified miscreants in Mollahat upazila on Saturday night.The deceased is Sohag Sheikh, 40, general secretary of the Upazila Sramik League and son of Daud Ali Sheikh from Udaypur village in Mollahat Sadar.Sources said he was returning...

Chinese envoy calls on PM's defence adviser

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Sunday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister's Defence Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam at his office at the Armed Forces Division (AFD) in Dhaka Cantonment, reports BSS.Prime Minister's Deputy Press Secretary Zahidul Islam Rony confirmed the matter.

Govt appoints administrators to 42 zila parishads

The government on Sunday appointed administrators to 42 Zila Parishads across the country, reports UNB.The government issued a notice in this regard on Sunday.The decision was taken to strengthen the local government and accelerate the development activities and the appointments are expected to make the administrative functions of the district...

Ex-councillor Mintu remanded over Khaleda motorcade attack

A Dhaka court on Sunday placed former councillor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) ward-40, Abul Kalam Azad Mintu on a two-day remand in a case lodged over an attack on the motorcade of then BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in the capital in 2015, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md...