Assistant teachers from government primary schools have gathered at Central Shaheed Minar, holding a candlelight vigil to protest a police attack on demonstrators campaigning for 10th-grade pay. Muhammad Shamshuddin Mashud, convenor of the Primary Teachers’ Demand Implementation Council, told bdnews24.com that over 150 teachers were wounded during the police crackdown and are receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College and PG Hospital. Among the participants was Khairun Nahar Lipi, general secretary of the Bangladesh Primary Teachers’ Association (Shahin-Lipi), who was injured in the police action and brought to the demonstration on a stretcher. They identified the detainees as Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman, Md Abdul Qader, Md Nurul Islam (Liton), Md Shariful Islam, and Md Sohel. Teachers staged a sit-in at Shaheed Minar from morning, advocating their three-point charter of demands.

Source: bd News24 November 08, 2025 20:29 UTC