Shyamal Kanti Bhakta

Why should MPs have a role in school, college management?

The whole episode raises some serious questions regarding the roles of both the lawmaker and the college principals.

Off the hook

Nearly 21 months ago, a judicial enquiry conducted by the then chief metropolitan magistrate of Dhaka found Jatiya Party lawmaker Salim Osman's involvement in the assault on Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, headmaster of a school in Narayanganj.

N’ganj teacher Shyamal Kanti gets bail in bribery case

A court yesterday granted permanent bail to Shyamal Kanti Bhakta of Piyar Sattar Latif High School in a case filed allegedly for taking

Bribe case: N’ganj teacher Shyamal Kanti lands in jail

A Narayanganj court rejects the bail petition of Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, who was humiliated in public in the presence of a lawmaker, in a case filed for “taking bribe”.

Humiliation of Narayanganj teacher: Jatiya Party lawmaker Salim Osman surrenders before Dhaka court

A Dhaka court asks Jatiya Party (JP) lawmaker AKM Salim Osman to appear before it on May 23 after he surrendered in a case filed over an assault on Narayanganj school teacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta. The court did not hear a bail petition submitted by him as he is on a 15-day bail given by the High Court.

Teacher’s humiliation: Cops say Osman a ‘victim’

Police submit probe report before the High Court portraying lawmaker Salim Osman as a victim in the incident of humiliation of a Narayanganj teacher.

Teacher humiliation: N’ganj cops get more time to submit report

The High Court directs the superintendent of police and officer-in-charge of Bandar Police Station in Narayanganj to submit detailed reports by August 4 on the incident of public humiliation of schoolteacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta.

HUMILIATION OF TEACHER / N'ganj cops seek 2 months for submitting reports

Narayanganj police have sought two months' time from the High Court for submitting reports on the incident of public humiliation of schoolteacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta.

N’ganj teacher humiliation: Cops seek more time to submit report to HC

Narayanganj police seek two months time from the High Court for submitting report over the incident of public humiliation of school teacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta.

May 27, 2016
May 27, 2016

N'ganj teacher did not demean Islam

An education ministry probe has found that the Piyar Sattar Latif High School committee had forced headteacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta to resign with unproven allegation that he had hurt the religious sentiment of the Muslims.

May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016

Salim Osman won't apologise to Narayanganj teacher

Declining to apologise to schoolteacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta for humiliating him publicly, Salim Osman MP says he might apologise to Health Minister Mohammad Nasim instead.

May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016

‘N’ganj teacher was forced to sign resignation letter’

Education ministry-formed committee says the way Narayanganj school headmaster Shyamal Kanti Bhakta was suspended was beyond relevant rules. A school student made inconsistent statements on whether the teacher said anything demeaning religion and hence the allegation may not be considered acceptable, the report said.

May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016

N’ganj teacher humiliation: Demand for arrest of Salim Osman

People from cross sections of life demands the immediate arrest of Narayanganj lawmaker Salim Osman for humiliating a school headmaster.

May 22, 2016
May 22, 2016

Hate campaign on against Shyamal

Smear campaigns continue in attempts to portray Shyamal Kanti Bhakta as an anti-Islam element though an education ministry probe

May 21, 2016
May 21, 2016

Now Hefajat enters scene

Hefajat-e Islam, a radical Islamist group, yesterday gave a 72-hour ultimatum to the government to try Shyamal Kanti Bhakta for

May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016

N’ganj headmaster taken to Dhaka Medical

Narayanganj school headmaster Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, who was in attention for the last few days over an incident of humiliation by a local lawmaker, is moved to Dhaka for better treatments.

May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016

Injustice done to him

An education ministry probe committee found no evidence that Shyamal Kanti Bhakta had hurt anyone's religious sentiment though, on this allegation, the Narayanganj headmaster was publicly humiliated on a local lawmaker's instruction.

May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016

‘I was humiliated by a lawmaker’

Six days after his humiliation by a mob, Shyamal Kanti Bhakta is reinstated as the headmaster of a Narayanganj school.

May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016

N’ganj teacher wants justice

Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, the school headmaster of Narayanganj, wants justice for his humiliation over the allegation of his disparaging statements about religion.