Bangladesh’s Education Ministry has sent a proposal to the Finance Ministry recommending a 5 to 20 percent increase in house rent allowances for teachers and staff of MPO-listed private educational institutions, depending on the government’s financial capacity. The proposal was confirmed by ministry sources on Wednesday (October 15).

Meanwhile, hundreds of MPO-registered teachers have blocked Dhaka’s Shahbagh intersection, demanding a 20 percent house rent hike along with two other benefits — a medical allowance of Tk 1,500 and a 75 percent festival bonus for staff.

Teachers announced the blockade from an ongoing rally at the Central Shaheed Minar before taking to the streets around 2 p.m., halting traffic in the busy intersection. They declared that no teacher would attend classes until their demands were met.

The protests began on Monday after the government’s earlier decision to raise the house rent allowance by only Tk 500 — a move teachers rejected as insufficient. As a result, teaching activities in MPO-affiliated schools and colleges across the country have come to a standstill.

Following the rejection, on October 6, the Education Ministry submitted a revised proposal to the Finance Division recommending that the allowance be increased to at least Tk 2,000–3,000.

Currently, MPO-listed teachers receive a monthly medical allowance of Tk 500, a house rent allowance of Tk 1,000 (including the recent Tk 500 increase), and festival bonuses at 50 percent of their basic salary.

A headteacher in Faridpur has been arrested while using drugs inside a garage and sentenced to 15 days in jail by a mobile court. He was also fined Tk 100 before being sent to prison.

The arrested man, identified as Shahriar Ahmed Khan Nizami (50), is the headteacher of Faridpur Muslim Mission Granada School.

According to officials, the arrest was made during a mobile court operation led by Assistant Commissioner and Executive Magistrate Md Atikur Rahman in the Guha Lakshmipur area of Faridpur town. The operation was conducted in presence of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC).

Authorities said Nizami was caught inside a rickshaw garage owned by one Ratan Dhal, with 50 grams of cannabis and five yaba tablets in his possession.

Executive Magistrate Rahman handed down a 15-day jail sentence and a Tk 100 fine on the spot under mobile court proceedings.

Confirming the incident, Inspector Belayet Hossain of the Faridpur DNC said, “The operation was jointly conducted by the district administration and the Department of Narcotics Control. The accused was detained while consuming drugs.”

A case has been filed at Faridpur Kotwali Police Station, with Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam of the DNC as the complainant.

The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will be published on Thursday, October 16, at 10 a.m.

The announcement was made on Monday (October 13) through a press release signed by Professor Dr. Khondoker Ehsanul Kabir, Chairman of the Dhaka Education Board and President of the Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee.

According to the notice, results of the 2025 HSC and equivalent exams under 11 education boards—including Dhaka, Rajshahi, Cumilla, Jashore, Chattogram, Barishal, Sylhet, Dinajpur, Mymensingh, Madrasah, and Technical boards—will be available on education board websites, respective institutions, and via SMS.

Students can check their results online by visiting www.educationboardresults.gov.bd or by sending an SMS to the short code 16222.

Re-scrutiny applications will be accepted from October 17 to October 23, and detailed instructions will be published on the education boards’ websites and national newspapers.

This year, written exams concluded on August 19, and practical exams were held between August 21 and 31. A total of 1,251,111 students participated in the exams under 11 education boards across 2,797 centers nationwide.

Among them, 618,015 were male students and 633,096 female students.