Polarisation, rife with mutual fear and rage, is on the rise. Something dark and sinister is occurring.

Secondary school teachers under the banner of Bangladesh Secondary Assistant Teachers' Association will go for work abstention for an hour on Saturday (May 11) in protest of the government's decision to keep all schools open every Saturday

Teachers have been carrying out sit-ins in front of the National Press Club and being subjected to coercion by police to restrain them.

Here comes good news for teachers of non-MPO educational institutions after nine years.

Public university teachers yesterday observed two-hour work abstention, demanding the removal of "discriminatory provisions" from the eighth national pay scale.