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During World Teachers' Day event organized by the Ministry of Education in Dhaka on Saturday, Education Advisor Wahiduddin Mahmud criticized the current state of student politics, describing it as extreme depoliticization, misogyny, and occupation politics. He highlighted the glorious tradition of student movements in Bangladesh but emphasized that universities should focus on providing world-class education. Education Advisor cknowledged challenges in reforming textbooks and called for a national education policy. He also addressed the low salaries of teachers, stating it hampers teaching quality. Special guests included Professor Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar, Advisor to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, Dr. Susan Vize, Head of the UNESCO Dhaka Office, and SMA. Faiz, Chairman of the Bangladesh University Grants Commission, all of whom praised primary teachers' vital role in shaping individuals and called for an end to disparities in education.
European Central Bank policymakers meet on Thursday with fading price pressures and weaker economic activity in the eurozone nudging them towards making another cut to interest rates.The 26 members of the governing council are gathering in Slovenia, as they make one of their regular tours away from the ECB's headquarters in Frankfurt.ECB President Christine Lagarde arrived ahead of her colleagues, "checking on prices" at a market in the capital Ljubljana, she said in a video posted on social media on Tuesday.What she heard from traders might well have reassured her -- recent data show that inflation in the eurozone has slowed considerably. In Slovenia, the annual rate of consumer price rises was a mere 0.6 percent in September.For the whole of the eurozone, the figure was 1.8 percent -- the first time it has been below the ECB's two-percent target in three years.After cutting rates twice already this year, including at their last meeting in September, policymakers ini...
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