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Technical, vocational education in Bangladesh reeling with teacher crisis

Shawdesh DEsk: The country’s technical and vocational education sector is facing a serious shortage of teachers. Currently, against the total 15,360 sanctioned positions for teachers in the over 200 government

Next hearing on Jamaat’s appeal over registration on Jan 21

Shawdesh Desk; The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday set January 21 for next hearing on a plea filed by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami challenging the High Court

UNDP begins need assessment to help EC hold upcoming election

Shawdesh desk: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has started assessing the needs to provide assistance to the Election Commission to hold the next parliamentary elections. The UNDP will complete

Zia Orphanage Trust graft case: Verdict on Khaleda Zia’s appeals tomorrow

Shawdesh Desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its verdict tomorrow on the appeals of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the HC verdict that on October 30,

BNP urges interim govt to hold national election by August

Shawdesh desk: The BNP on Tuesday demanded that the interim government arrange the next national election by August this year in the greater interest of the country. “We think that

Six witnesses testify in Niko graft case against Khaleda, seven others

Shawdesh desk: Six more witnesses testified on Tuesday in the Niko corruption case filed against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and seven others. Judge Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka

Sacked trainee SIs continue fast unto death programme for 2nd day

Shawdesh desk: Sacked trainee police sub-inspectors continued their fast unto death programme for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in front of the secretariat, the country’s administrative headquarters, in Dhaka,

ACC launches probe against Enayet Ullah over transport sector extortion

Shawdesh Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into allegations of daily extortion amounting to Tk 1.5 crore by Khandaker Enayet Ullah, the general secretary of Bangladesh Road Transport Owners