Teachers hold nighttime protest at Shaheed Minar over allowance demands

As part of their “uninterrupted sit-in” demanding house rent allowance at 20 percent of base salary, MPO-registered teachers and staff are holding a nighttime sit-in at the Central Shahid Minar. In response to police attacks on teachers, they decided to start uninterrupted work stoppages at private MPO-registered schools from Monday, rather than Tuesday, under the banner of the MPO Nationalisation Expectant Alliance. Addressing the protesters, the alliance’s secretary, Principal Delawar Hossain Azizi, said: “We will stay here 24 hours. Until the government issues notifications granting teachers 20 percent house rent allowance, Tk 1,500 medical allowance, and 75 percent festival bonus for staff, we will remain at Shaheed Minar at all costs, God willing.” He added that 600,000 MPO-registered teachers and...