Dhaka Div tops unemployed population
Dhaka division has the highest unemployed people of 6.87 lakh people Mymensingh division the least unemployed people of 1.04 lakh, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics...
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DUCSU VP candidate Jalal gets bail in attempted murder case
An additional chief metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Thursday granted bail to Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union vice president candidate Jalal Ahmed in a case filed over the alleged attempted murder of his roommate at Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall of the university...
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...
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...
DUCSU ELECTIONS:聽DU revises turnout from 78.33pc to 74.75pc
In Tuesday鈥檚 Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall union elections, 74.75 per cent, not 78.33 per cent, of votes were cast, authorities said on Thursday.
Standing shorn of past glory
It certainly is a walk of pride for students, or anyone, down the Dhaka Collegiate School campus, now at 1 Lyall Street in Old Town of Dhaka, founded in 1835 as the first government high school in undivided Bengal...
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...
Shibir bags 23 of 28 posts
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel for the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections won 23 among 28 posts, including the vice-president, general secretary and assistant general secretary posts...
NCC Bank donates 1,000 umbrellas to DMP
NCC Bank PLC recently donated 1,000 umbrellas to members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said a press release...
A wake-up call for democrats
THE win of the right-wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student front of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, in the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union, the yearly event that took place after a gap of six years on September 9, which were by and large free and fair, is a defeat of the centrist and left student political organisations. This needs to be recognised...
HC halts expressway extension thru Panthakunja, Hatirjheel
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the government to stop the construction of an elevated expressway extension from the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation to the Plassey crossing through the Panthakunja Park and the Hatirjheel water body in the capital...
2 beaten to death, 2 hurt on mugging suspicion in city
Two youths were beaten to death and two others were injured by local people on suspicion of mugging in two separate incidents at Mohammadpur in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday...
Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed candidates win top DUCSU posts
Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed candidates have won the key positions of Vice President (VP), General Secretary (GS) and Assistant General Secretary (AGS) in the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union election with significant margins.
Islami Chhatra Shibir leads in DUCSU polls marked by irregularities
The Islami Chhatra Shibir was in the lead, until submission of this report at 3:30am, in the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall unions marked by allegations of irregularities....
DUCSU candidates allege vote rigging
Chhatra Dal-backed vice-president candidate for the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections, Abidul Islam Khan, on Tuesday evening alleged widespread rigging in the polls.
DUCSU POLLS: Sikkhak Network slams DU authorities over inefficiency
Sikkhak Network, a platform of university teachers, on Tuesday evening criticised the university authorities for their inefficiency in managing the DUCSU elections, which recorded nearly 80 per cent voter turnout.
Kader terms DUCSU elections BNP-Jamaat鈥檚 power sharing exercise
Boishommobirodhi Shikkharthi Sangsad panel鈥檚 vice-president candidate Abdul Kader on Tuesday evening termed the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union a power-sharing exercise between the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami....
Formation of governing bodies at all non-govt edn instts in Dhaka ordered
The Dhaka Education Board on Tuesday directed heads of all non-government educational institutions under the board to form governing bodies and managing committees.
Bus services resume on Rajshahi-Dhaka route after 41 hours
Bus services between Rajshahi and Dhaka resumed on Tuesday afternoon, after remaining suspended for about 41 hours due to transport workers鈥� strike for pay rise...
Weak oversight fuels surge in motorcycle mishap deaths
AN ALARMING increase in motorcycle accidents and consequent fatalities suggests both lax enforcement of traffic regulations and motorcyclists鈥� proclivity to disregard them. The photograph that 抖阴精品 published on September 9 shows three teenagers, in school uniforms and without helmets, riding a motorcycle in the rain near the Teacher-Student Centre on the...
Govt should effectively work to ensure silence in silent zones
SILENT zones, or no-horn zones, in the capital of Dhaka have almost never been silent. They are, in fact, noisier than other areas where noise is usually high mostly because of a large number of vehicles honking horns. The interim government, after its installation on August 8, 2024 after the fall of the Awami League鈥檚 regime amidst the July uprising, declared the...
DUCSU, hall union polls witness record 78.33pc voter turnout
The Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall union elections on Tuesday saw a voter turnout of 78.33 per cent of the total 39,874 registered voters, chief returning officer Professor Md Jasim Uddin announced.
Biman flight not allowed to land at Kathmandu airport, another flight cancelled
A Biman Bangladesh flight was not allowed to land in Kathmandu due to unfavourable conditions at Nepal鈥檚 Tribhuvan International Airport due to prevailing security situations...
Large gatherings at Shahbagh intersection ahead of DUCSU polls result
Ahead of the DUCSU polls result, a large number of people, apparently supporters of a political party, assembled in front of the Bangladesh National Museum in the Shahbagh area and the entry gate of Dhaka University.
DUCSU POLLS: Chhatra Dal lodge complaint against DU admin
Chhatra Dal-backed panel鈥檚 vice-president candidate for DUCSU elections, Abidul Islam Khan, on Tuesday lodged a complaint against the DU administration on irregularities.
Festivity, irregularities mark DUCSU polls
The Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall unions elections 2025 were held on Tuesday in a largely peaceful environment amid allegations of ballot tampering and violation of the code of conduct by candidates and their supporters.
DUCSU POLLS: Independent candidates allege code of conduct violation
Independent general secretary candidate Samiya Akhter and social welfare candidate Tahmina Akter Mim for Rokeya Hall Students Union, at 2:00pm on Tuesday, alleged that dominating candidates violated the code of conduct by influencing voters inside the TSC polling centre.
Shotontro Shikkharthi Oikya candidate alleges ballot manipulation
Shotontro Shikkharthi Oikya panel鈥檚 career development secretary candidate for DUCSU elections, Rupaiya Shrestha Tanchangya, alleged that one of her voters found a ballot paper where a cross was already marked on the Shibir candidate...
Onoy expresses frustration over fewer presence of non-residential voters
Left-leaning student organisations-backed Aporajeyo 71, Adyommo 24 panel鈥檚 general secretary candidate for Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections, Anamul Hasan Onoy, expressed his frustration over the fewer presence of non-residential student voters...
