JeI and other Islamist organisations have raised their concerns regarding the inclusion of music, stating that the policy “goes against Islam”.

Defending the rollback, Yunus administration spokesperson Masud Akhtar Khan told Dhaka Tribune that the small number of posts ...

Students and teachers from major Bangladeshi universities protested the interim government’s decision to abolish music and PE ...

Bangladesh’s interim government has withdrawn its plan to appoint music and physical education teachers in primary schools, ...

Under mounting pressure from hardline Islamic clerics, the interim government of Muhammad Yunus has scrapped its plans to ...

Teachers and students of Dhaka University and Jagannath University protested against the Yunus administration's decision to ...

The decision not to recruit music and phys ed teachers comes in for harsh criticism. For a choir director, it “is like ...

In August, the ministry overseeing primary education issued a circular announcing the recruitment of music teachers -- a ...

Bangladesh's interim government has abolished the positions of music and physical education teachers in government-run primary schools, bowing to persistent pressure from Islamist groups who condemned ...

Ironically, a song that the Nobel laureate wrote in 1905 to call for the unity of Bengal amid the British move to partition ...

Bangladesh has cancelled plans to hire music teachers for primary schools, a government official told AFP on Monday, after the move faced fierce opposition from Islamist groups in the Muslim-majority ...