JU teacher dies on duty during JUCSU vote count
A Jahangirnagar University teacher died on Friday morning after collapsing while on duty during vote counting for the Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union elections, officials said.
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JCD walks out of CUCSU polls dialogue
Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Jatiatabadi Chatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Thursday left midway a dialogue on the draft code of conduct for the October 12 Chittagong University Central Students鈥� Union elections, alleging lack of independence of the election commission...
Poland calls emergency UN meeting over drone raid blamed on Russia
Poland said Thursday it had called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss violations of its airspace, a day after it accused Russia of carrying out a drone raid on its territory...
Myanmar鈥檚 poll results due end of Jan: official
An official from Myanmar鈥檚 junta-stacked election commission said on Thursday that the results of its upcoming and widely disputed national poll were expected by the end of January next year...
JP faction wants national election to be delayed from February
A faction of the Jatiya Party on Thursday demanded that the next general election, which the government plans to hold in February next year, be delayed until the environment for holding the polls is improved...
Health sector contractor Mithu nabbed in ACC case
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday sent controversial health sector contractor Motazzaroul Islam Mithu to jail in a case filed on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 75 crore...
61 EC officials transferred
As part of preparation for the upcoming 13th national parliament elections, the Election Commission has transferred 61 field-level officials...
BSEC fines 6 individuals, 1 firm Tk 44.4cr
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has fined six individuals and one institution a total of Tk 44.40 crore for manipulating shares of two listed companies 鈥� New Line Clothings Limited and Pioneer Insurance Limited 鈥� back in 2021...
Stocks rebound on both bourses
Stocks managed a turnaround from the short-lived correction phase, riding on late-session buying activity, as investors turned back to the market owing to positive expectations amid favorable macroeconomic developments...
Global oil supply hit record high in August: IEA
Global oil supply hit a record high in August as OPEC+ and other countries ramped up production, with a looming surplus keeping prices in check, the International Energy Agency said Thursday...
Europeans warming up to Chinese electric cars
Checking out an electric vehicle made by China鈥檚 BYD at the Munich auto show, German designer Tayo Osobu was impressed by the interior and said she would consider buying one...
Chinese co to set up unit, invest $3m at CEPZ
Direction Technology (Bangladesh) Company Limited, a Chinese-owned company, is set to establish a manufacturing facility at the Chattogram Export Processing Zone to produce Bluetooth headphones, wired headphones and data cables...
Jamuna Bank stakeholders to get healthcare benefits
Jamuna Bank PLC on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Apollo Clinic-licensee JMI Specialized Hospital Limited, said a press release...
Electro Mart Group gifts 1,000 umbrellas to Bangladesh Police
Electro Mart Group recently gave 1,000 umbrellas to the Ministry of Home Affairs for the welfare of Bangladesh Police, said a press release...
BNP warns about election challenges for lack of consensus
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday expressed concern that the country still faced a challenge in holding the upcoming national election as political parties were yet to reach a consensus on the democratic transition.
Another panel led by ex-student coordinators announced
A new panel named Sarbojanin Chhatra Sangsad has entered the race for the upcoming elections to the Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union, with a former coordinator of Students Against Discrimination, Tasin Khan, contesting for the post of vice-president...
DPE, British Council partner to enhance ELT
The Directorate of Primary Education, under the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, and the British Council have formalised a partnership set to shape the future of primary education across Bangladesh...
To find new knowledge, one must take help of research: CUET VC
Vice-chancellor of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology Professor Mahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan at a programme at CUET in Chattogram on Thursday said that to find new knowledge, one must take the help of research...
Three teachers quit monitoring JUCSU polls over 鈥榠rregularities鈥�
Three BNP-leaning teachers at Jahangirnagar University resigned from monitoring duties in the long-delayed JU Central Students鈥� Union election on Thursday, alleging widespread irregularities and partisan influence.
JUCSU elections: Voting concludes, queues persist
Voting for the Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union (JUCSU) and hall union elections concluded on Thursday afternoon, yet long queues of eager students remained outside several polling centres.
Postecoglou wants to bring trophies to Forest
Ange Postecoglou believes 鈥榚xciting times鈥� lie ahead of Nottingham Forest as the Australian aims to end the club's 35-year wait to win a major trophy.
JCD panel boycotts JUCSU polls over alleged 鈥榬igging鈥�
Candidates from the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal-backed panel on Thursday announced their boycott of the Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union elections, alleging widespread irregularities and vote manipulation.
JU JCD-backed panel questions ballot, machine supplier in JUCSU polls
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal-backed panel Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union alleged that Jamaat-e-Islami鈥檚 company provided ballot papers and vote-counting machines, fearing irregularities at the voting.
Non-students staying at halls to manipulate JUCSU polls, alleges Shibir candidate
A vice-presidential candidate backed by Jamaat-e-Islami鈥檚 student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir accused Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists of manipulating voters staying inside student halls during Thursday鈥檚 long-awaited Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union election.
255 candidates cleared in preliminary list
The election commission for Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union polls on Wednesday published the preliminary list of candidates, clearing 255 contestants for 23 posts, while rejecting the nominations of seven aspirants...
Girl commits suicide in Kushtia classroom
A 13-year-old student died by suicide in the classroom at JMG Secondary School of Pragpur under Daulatpur in Kushtia on Tuesday...
EC unveils draft list of 42,618 polling stations
The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday disclosed the draft number of 42,618 polling stations for the 13th parliamentary election, raising the number by around 468 from what was in the 2024 national election...
CU, GarmentTechBD sign memo for creating skilled human resources
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Academy of Garments Technology Bangladesh and the Chittagong University as a step to create skilled human resources for the country鈥檚 garment industry sector and to bring about a combination of industry and academia...
Results unlikely to impact on nat鈥檒 polls, say parties
The results of Tuesday鈥檚 Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections were a bit surprising, which caught many political leaders off guard, a number of political leaders said on Wednesday...
23 DUCSU VP aspirants bag less than聽10 votes each
A total of 23 vice-president candidates bagged less than 10 votes each in Tuesday鈥檚 Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections...