Teachers on strike, 1cr pry school students out of class

As per pre-announcement, the government primary school teachers startedindefinite work abstention for implementation of three key demands, including 10th-grade pay.

As a result, classes have been suspended for nearly 10 million students in more than 65,000 schools.

Since Saturday, assistant teachers across the country launched sit-in at Central Shaheed Minar in the capital demanding urgent reforms in pay and promotion structures. Later, they announced indefinite work abstention from Sunday.

On the same day, police had fired rubber bullets at teachers to disperse them which left more than hundred injured by sound grenades and tear gas. Over 120 injured teachers were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment.