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Teachers under MPO go on strike for indefinite period

Shawdesh desk: A section of secondary-level teachers of schools under the Monthly Pay Order system went for an indefinite strike on Sunday across the country, demanding the nationalisation of their

BNP will not go to polls under AL govt, leaders tell EU delegation

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders on Saturday told the visiting Election Exploratory Mission from the European Union that it was not possible for their party to join the next

Bangladesh participates in 28th council of International Seabed Authority in Jamaica

Shawdesh desk: At the 28th council of the International Seabed Authority being held in Kingston, Jamaica, negotiations resumed on Environmental Impact Assessment. Bangladesh delegate Rear Admiral (retd) Md Khurshed Alam,

Polls confusion, conspiracy evident in BNP: Sajeeb

Shawdesh desk: As the election is approaching, BNP’s indecision and conspiracy regarding the polls have become conspicuous, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Advisor and her son Sajeeb Wazed. In

US visa policy to assist govt’s commitment to hold free election: Uzra Zeya to PM

Shawdesh desk: Visiting United States Department of State’s under secretary for civilian security, democracy and human rights Uzra Zeya on Thursday said that her country announced the new visa policy

DSA to be amended within September: law minister

Shawdesh Desk: Digital Security Act will be amended within September, said law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Anisul Huq during a meeting with a US delegation on Thursday. ‘We had

HRW urges Bangladesh to protect Rohingyas from armed violence

Shawdesh desk: International rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, said on Thursday that Bangladesh authorities were taking inadequate measures to protect Rohingyas in camps from surging violence by armed groups and

US wants to see free, fair and violence-free election: home minister

Shawdesh desk: The United States delegation has said that they want to see a ‘free, fair and violence-free’ election, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Thursday. ‘We told the US