Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) candidates staged a demonstration outside the Barishal Education Board on Wednesday, demanding the resignation of the Education Minister over concerns surrounding this year’s public examinations. The protest formed part of a previously announced nationwide programme, with students from several colleges gathering in front of the board office at around 2:15 pm. […]

Bangladesh has recorded the deaths of seven more children linked to measles and measles-like symptoms, highlighting the continued severity of an outbreak that has become the country’s deadliest in decades. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the deaths were reported during the 24-hour period ending at 8:00 am on Tuesday. Among the […]

Despite calls for a second consecutive day of demonstrations demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon, Shahbagh remained free of protesting Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) candidates on Wednesday, with traffic moving largely as normal after examinations concluded. The demonstrations were announced in response to two issues that have fuelled […]

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) candidates protesting over three key demands, including the resignation of the Education Minister, have intensified their movement by surrounding the Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board after earlier staging a road blockade at the Science Laboratory intersection in the capital. The protesters gathered outside the Education Board headquarters on Tuesday […]