Police use sound grenades to break up primary teachers' protest in DhakaPolice have been accused of firing sound grenades to disperse a procession of government primary school teachers in Dhaka. Mohammad Shamsuddin Masud, convenor of the Primary Teachers’ Demand Implementation Council, said “many teachers were injured in Shahbagh when police attacked the procession”. The protest action is being organised under the banner of the "Primary Teachers’ Demand Implementation Council", a coalition of four teacher organisations. The other participating organisations include the Bangladesh Primary Teachers’ Association (Kashem-Shahin faction), the Bangladesh Primary School Assistant Teachers’ Association and the Assistant Teachers’ 10th Grade Implementation Council. However, assistant teachers remain dissatisfied, prompting the “Primary Teachers’ Demand Implementation Council” to announce the sit-in from Saturday.
