Mohiuddin Alamgir

A liberated Bangladesh was in a state of euphoria following the surrender of the Pakistani occupational forces on December 16, 1971.

Chief Election Commissioner Nurul Huda and Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar have once again traded barbs in public.

Independents winning the post of union parishad chairman have outnumbered those who won with an Awami League nomination.

Tension is running high in many unions across the country over the possibility of violence during today’s fifth phase elections to 707 union parishads.

School authorities handed over new textbooks to students yesterday, the first day of the academic year, though many authorities could not give full sets of secondary textbooks.

With three optional subjects and exams carrying fewer marks, this year’s SSC candidates have achieved outstanding results, showing an increase in pass rates and number of GPA-5 achievers in nine general education boards.

The University Grants Commission has said in its latest annual report that it wants closure of evening, weekend and executive courses at public universities as they negatively impact universities’ image.

Awami League nominees performed poorly in the fourth phase of the union parishad elections, compared to previous three phases.

In the fourth phase of union parishad polls, some 1.63 crore voters in 838 unions are expected to cast their votes today amid fear of violence.

The demand for framing a specific law on reconstitution of the Election Commission is growing louder as all nine political parties invited to the president’s dialogue so far are of the opinion that a law is required to form a non-controversial EC.

One in nine Union Parishad chairman is being elected unopposed in the UP polls.

The president’s talks with registered political parties over the formation of the next Election Commission starts today, while BNP is still undecided about joining.

The words “Nazi forces” bring back memories of the horror unleashed at their concentration camps. What the Pakistani forces and their Bihari cohorts did at the Saidpur Railway Workshop in 1971 was as grisly as those events of World War II.

For a decade, children have started their new school year with the smell of freshly printed textbooks, but it may not happen for all pre-primary and secondary students this year.

December 16, 1971. Dhaka was gripped by euphoria. People were shouting “Joy Bangla” from the streets to rooftops. Many were hugging each other, celebrating freedom.

One in 10 winning chairmen candidates in the ongoing union parishad elections has so far been elected unopposed, almost double the ratio compared to that of the last UP polls in 2016.

The government yesterday postponed two Alim examinations of the madrasa board after an official allegedly opened a package containing the question papers in Rupganj of Narayanganj.

Awami League candidates performed not as well in the third phase of the union parishad elections compared to previous two phases.

With Covid-19 pandemic putting an unprecedented impact on the country’s higher education, universities are adopting a blended learning approach, combining online education and traditional face-to-face classroom teaching to bridge the learning gap.

About two crore people in 1,000 union parishads are expected to cast their votes in the elections to the lowest tier of local governments today amid heightened fears of violence.