Tarique urges teachers to back BNP for reform-focused govt

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday, October 7, urged teachers to extend their support to BNP in the upcoming national election so that the party can form a government to build a knowledge and merit-based state and implement its plans for national and political reforms. Speaking virtually at a grand rally of teachers, he also said if BNP returns to power, it will set up two top-level commissions—one to nationalise teachers’ jobs and another to improve the school curriculum. “To implement all the plans taken by BNP for the development of the state, politics and governance, spontaneous support from the people is essential. Support from the teachers, the most conscious section of society, is also needed,” Tarique said. The...