Education Minister A N M Ehsanul Haq Milon said no final decision has yet been made on an NTRCA-related issue involving MPO teachers. He described the matter as being at a preliminary discussion stage while speaking as chief guest at a seminar at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council auditorium on Tuesday afternoon.

Milon said someone among the “Guptas” had selectively quoted remarks and published them in newspapers, while students were responding to provocation without verification. He said the recruitment process for 77,000 teachers would be decided after selection. The minister also said it would not be acceptable for teachers to receive salaries and allowances while institutions record zero results.

He said action would be taken against educational institutions with zero passes. Milon described the education system as fragile and said the country had moved further backward over the past 20 years. He called the teacher shortage severe. Rejecting claims that SSC results had dropped, he said results or passes could not be forced.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will not attend the BRICS summit outreach programme scheduled in Delhi on September 12-13, according to multiple diplomatic sources in Dhaka and Delhi cited by Amar Desh. The decision has reportedly been conveyed informally to India, and a representative will attend in his place. The government has not yet made a formal announcement. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited Rahman on July 14 in his capacity as BIMSTEC chairperson.

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman said no policy decision had been made on the prime minister's India visit, stressing that the invitation was addressed to the BIMSTEC chairperson rather than the prime minister. Foreign Ministry officials said the diplomatic letter did not use the title prime minister before Rahman's name and regarded that omission as disrespectful. A senior diplomat said he had received no information indicating the prime minister would attend.

During Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi's courtesy meeting with Rahman in Dhaka, Bangladesh raised the extradition of convicted Sheikh Hasina and suspects in the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi. Sources said there was limited preliminary discussion of a possible full bilateral India visit, but no final decision. Officials said preparations are under way for Rahman's September 21 trip to New York for the UN General Assembly.

Bangladesh Prime Minister’s information and broadcasting adviser Jahed Ur Rahman said there was no reason for speculation over the visit to Dhaka by the head of India’s intelligence agency R. Speaking at a press conference at the Secretariat on Tuesday, he said the official had arrived from China and would meet his counterpart in Bangladesh. The government could issue a statement after the visit if it considered one necessary.

Rahman said Bangladesh’s intelligence chief had also travelled to India. He said relations between Bangladesh and India needed to be realigned and should be conducted as ties between two independent, sovereign countries. He added that India needed to create a favourable environment for discussions on the future realignment of bilateral relations.

The adviser said there was public suspicion over India’s contacts with the Sheikh Hasina government and referred to seeking Hasina’s extradition to bring her under the law. Responding to a question about cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, he said Shakib would have to face cases if he returned to Bangladesh. Rahman also said Hasina and Shakib would receive legal rights, as would any accused person.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “completely healthy” after a meeting lasting nearly seven hours. TRT World reported the statement on August 10, citing the semi-official Tasnim news agency. Pezeshkian said the meeting addressed ongoing national problems and issues affecting people’s daily lives.

The president said he raised his concerns and problems with Khamenei, who listened normally and offered necessary advice. Pezeshkian said there was no reason for concern about the supreme leader’s physical condition. According to the state news agency IRNA, preserving national unity and cohesion was Khamenei’s most important advice during the discussion.

The meeting gave special attention to living standards, employment, housing and problems caused by international sanctions. It took place amid renewed tensions between Iran and the United States following earlier conflict, a ceasefire and the collapse of a memorandum of understanding. Pezeshkian’s public comments on Khamenei’s health were viewed as an important message amid speculation about Iran’s internal situation and leadership.

Brahmanpara UNO Munni Islam in Cumilla received floral greetings on Monday afternoon from several leaders of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations, who are accused in multiple cases involving the killing and injury of students and members of the public during the July mass uprising, according to the report. Images of the greeting spread on social media, prompting questions over why a government official accepted the flowers.

Those who offered the flowers included Jubo League joint convener Jahirul Islam, Matsyajibi League president and Awami League member Monir Chowdhury, and other local leaders. Abu Raihan, convener of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in Cumilla, said government officials accepting flowers from people who stood against students and the public during the uprising amounted to betrayal of the martyrs.

Upazila BNP organising secretary Anisur Rahman Ripon was present when the flowers were given. BNP general secretary Amir Hossain said the recipients were accused in multiple cases and that the UNO should be asked why she accepted them. Munni Islam said she was new to the area and did not know who belonged to the Awami League or BNP, adding that she would be cautious in future. Several Awami League leaders could not be reached by phone.

Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh has demanded the immediate removal of sculptures, including figures depicting its leaders and activists, from the July Museum. The organisation’s amir, Allama Shah Muhibbullah Babunagari, and secretary general, Allama Sheikh Sajidur Rahman, made the demand in a joint statement sent to the media on Monday. They expressed strong anger and protest over the installations and called for their eviction and removal from the museum without delay.

In the statement, the Hefazat leaders described the installation of sculptures as a grave violation of Sharia and said it was contradictory to, and mocking of, the sacrifices of religious scholars. They said the construction of sculptures of any person is completely forbidden and unlawful from the perspective of Islam and Sharia. They added that no one has the scope to disregard Sharia rules, regardless of a person’s stature, political identity or contribution.

The leaders said the nation would remember with respect the historic July uprising of 2024, its martyrs and the sacrifices of protesters. However, they argued that preserving those memories should not be placed in opposition to the religious sentiments and Islamic values of the country’s majority population. Their stated demand is the removal of all sculptures from the July Museum.

NCP spokesperson and opposition chief whip Nahid Islam said Bangladesh should not pursue normal diplomatic relations with India before resolving the question of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s extradition. In a statement issued Monday night, August 11, he alleged that India has allowed Hasina to use its territory for anti-Bangladesh activities for the past two years. He described this as a direct affront to Bangladesh’s sovereignty, judiciary and people’s democratic mandate.

Nahid alleged that a purported press conference by Hasina in Delhi, held despite Bangladesh’s objections, showed no fundamental change in India’s allegedly domineering and aggressive policy toward Bangladesh. He criticized Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry for issuing a statement but, in his view, failing to secure effective accountability from India. He also said no public explanation or expression of regret over the August 5 incident emerged after the prime minister met the Indian high commissioner.

He called for formal diplomatic protest to be turned into effective action. Nahid sought a clear explanation and apology from India, extradition of Hasina and Osman Hadi’s killers, and assurances that anti-Bangladesh political activities would stop from Indian territory. He said efforts by Bangladesh’s head of government to normalize bilateral ties would be meaningless if the Awami League could continue political and anti-state activities from India.

Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union, or JAKSU, held a protest march against the Education Ministry’s decision to transfer teacher recruitment authority at private educational institutions from the Non-Government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) to institutional managing committees. The march began at the university’s central library area at about 9:15pm on Monday, August 10, 2026, and ended at Bottola.

Students chanted slogans supporting merit and education during the procession. Their slogans included calls against commercialisation of education, objections to what they described as deception over education, and demands for continued struggle.

JAKSU executive member Muhammad Ali Chishti alleged that the government was seeking to politicise recruitment by taking the authority from NTRCA. JAKSU general secretary Mazharul Islam also strongly opposed the decision, saying managing committees of schools and colleges are often staffed by partisan loyalists. He urged the government to withdraw what he called a harmful decision and warned that officials understood its possible consequences.

Fisheries, Livestock and Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said Bangladesh is committed to taking its historical, cultural and economic ties with ASEAN member states to a higher level. He made the remarks on Monday night at a reception marking ASEAN’s 59th founding anniversary at the Renaissance Dhaka Gulshan Hotel in the capital. The ASEAN Dhaka Committee, comprising ambassadors and high commissioners of ASEAN member states posted in Bangladesh, organized the event.

The minister said Bangladesh’s long-standing ties with ASEAN countries rest on history, culture and mutual trust, and have been strengthened by land and maritime connectivity, people-to-people links and trade. He said the government led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman gives the highest importance to relations with ASEAN’s 11 member states. He also expressed hope that the prime minister’s first state visit to Malaysia would positively advance Bangladesh’s relations with ASEAN countries.

Bangladesh has applied to become an ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partner, and the minister sought support from ASEAN mission chiefs attending the event. A Bangladesh-ASEAN fisheries and aquaculture cooperation project with a budget of about $1 million is being implemented under his ministry. Additional cooperation projects in tourism, information and communication technology, culture and other sectors are under process.

Leaders of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union, or DUCSU, protested in heavy rain outside the university’s central library on August 10, demanding the withdrawal of a decision to shift entry-level teacher recruitment in private educational institutions from NTRCA to managing committees and governing bodies. Demonstrators chanted slogans calling for merit-based recruitment rather than committee-led appointments.

DUCSU Vice President Sadik Kayem said a stronger movement than the July movement would be built if the decision was not revoked. He called for restoring the previous system under which NTRCA centrally recommended teacher appointments for schools and colleges. DUCSU leaders alleged that local committees could enable political influence, bribery and nepotism, undermining recruitment based on merit and qualifications.

The Education Ministry made the decision at a meeting on August 3, applying it from the 19th teacher registration examination. DUCSU announced a student gathering at 3 p.m. on August 11 outside the central library and urged students and job seekers from colleges and universities to join. Jatiya Chhatra Shakti and some students also announced separate programmes over the same demand.

Students and members of the influential Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) protested outside the Mizoram Public Service Commission (MPSC) office in Aizawl, Mizoram’s capital, on Monday. They demanded administrative reforms in recruitment, additional staffing, and the withdrawal of the contested One Time Registration (OTR) system. Protesters staged a sit-in outside the office and prevented officials and employees from entering.

According to a Press Trust of India report, some protesters scuffled with police when officials attempted to enter the office, although the demonstration was peaceful overall. MZP alleged that repeated administrative weaknesses and errors in recent recruitment processes had reduced job seekers’ confidence in the commission. The organisation said the OTR system had also created concern among applicants.

The protesters called for structural reform of the MPSC and for more staff to make its operations more efficient and credible. They also sought separate application forms based on requirements and posts instead of the current OTR system. MZP demanded a one-time offline document-submission opportunity for applicants rejected over incomplete OTR uploads, and reconsideration for written-test qualifiers disqualified during document verification because of missing papers.

University Teachers Link, or UTL, has strongly opposed an initiative to place responsibility for entry-level teacher recruitment at private schools, colleges and madrasas in the hands of institutional management committees. In a statement sent to the media on Monday, UTL President Professor Dr Md Atiar Rahman and General Secretary Professor Dr Zubair Muhammad Ehsanul Haque called on the government to immediately cancel the decision.

UTL leaders said implementing the move could restore opportunities for political and local influence, nepotism, bribery and irregularities in teacher appointments. They said recruiting talented, qualified and skilled teachers is a principal condition for ensuring quality education. The group maintained that teacher recruitment should not be subject to political, personal or financial influence and should instead be based on merit, qualifications, skills and professional capability.

The statement said the NTRCA-based system used since 2015 for recruitment at private MPO-listed educational institutions has enabled competitive examinations and merit-based appointments, while ensuring transparency and accountability to a considerable extent. UTL said any limitations in that system should be reformed and modernized rather than returning to an older arrangement that could create room for irregularities. It urged stronger, more effective NTRCA recruitment mechanisms and safeguards for transparency and accountability.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has condemned and protested an Education Ministry initiative to give managing committees authority to recruit entry-level teachers at private schools, colleges and madrasas. In a statement sent to the media on August 10, the party’s secretary general, Mia Golam Parwar, urged the government to cancel the proposed process for MPO-listed private educational institutions.

Parwar said the matter was reportedly decided at an August 3 meeting at the Education Ministry conference room on the overall activities of the Non-Government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority, or NTRCA. He warned that implementation could revive corruption, nepotism, partisan influence and bribery in teacher recruitment. He said appointing qualified, meritorious and skilled teachers is a key condition for ensuring quality education.

The Jamaat leader said the existing NTRCA recommendation process gives greater weight to merit, qualifications and competitive examinations, helping improve transparency and accountability. He called for shortcomings and complexities in that system to be addressed rather than restoring recruitment authority to managing committees. He also proposed, if necessary, an independent and neutral institutional framework similar to the Public Service Commission for appointments in MPO-listed private institutions.

Education Minister Ehsanul Haque Milon said no final decision has been made on returning teacher recruitment authority to managing committees at private schools and colleges. He conveyed the government’s position to the media on Monday, August 10, 2026.

The minister said there has been no conclusive decision to give managing committees the power to appoint teachers. The process for appointments will be determined after the selection of 77,000 teachers is completed.

His clarification followed recent reports in several media outlets that recruitment authority could be restored to the managing committees or governing boards of private educational institutions. The minister outlined the government’s position amid that discussion.

Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam has condemned a decision to hand managing committees authority to recruit teachers at MPO-listed schools and colleges, calling it a blueprint to destroy the country’s education system and impose extreme partisan control. In a post on his verified Facebook page on Monday, reported on August 10, 2026, he demanded the decision be withdrawn immediately.

Islam said the move would take away what he described as the last refuge for educated unemployed youth. He alleged that recruitment in schools and colleges would no longer be possible without bribery, nepotism and political considerations. According to him, qualified and talented young people would be deprived while unqualified people could be appointed through political influence and corruption.

He also warned that appointing unqualified teachers would seriously harm educational standards. Islam said the foundation for building the knowledge and skills of future generations would weaken, potentially bringing severe long-term consequences for the nation. The lawmaker urged the immediate withdrawal of what he called a plan pushing young people’s futures and the education system toward destruction.