B'desh scraps plan to hire music, PE teachers in govt schools over Islamist groups' pressure
Bangladesh's interim government has scrapped the plan to introduce music and physical education (PE) teacher posts in government-run schools. This comes after pressure from Islamist groups, who denounced the initiative to promote cultural education as "anti-Islamic". This reversal by Muhammad Yunus-led interim government comes amid growing criticism that it has succumbed to religious extremists.