DUCSU: Returning officer misspoke, Chhatra Dal VP candidate Abidul did not break rules

September 9, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Chhatra Dal’s vice president candidate, Abidul Islam Khan, did not breach election rules by entering a polling centre during the DUCSU election, reports Prothom Alo. According to the newspaper, Abidul entered the Physical Education Centre polling station around 08:30 am on Tuesday, in the section where Jagannath Hall students were casting their […]Continue Reading

DUCSU: Polling officer removed after handing two ballots to voter

September 9, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK A polling officer has been relieved of duty after he “unintentionally” issued two ballot papers to a voter during the ongoing Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) election. The incident occurred at the Amar Ekushey Hall polling centre, located on the second floor of Curzon Hall, the university’s Public Relations Office said […]Continue Reading

DUCSU polls: Independent VP candidate Umama raises concern over code violations

September 9, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Umama Fatema, a vice president candidate from an independent panel in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) elections, has voiced concern about breaches of the election code of conduct. “We are concerned whether there is level playing field in the elections. There are many incidents of code violation at the polling […]Continue Reading

DUCSU: Independent candidate withdraws, backs Chhatra Dal nominee

September 9, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Anid Hasan, a candidate from the Swatantro Shikkarti Oikya (Umama-Sadi-Zahed) panel, has withdrawn from the race for Literature and Cultural Secretary in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall unions elections. He announced his decision in a Facebook post on Tuesday morning, shortly before voting began. Anid declared his full […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh boards ‘election train’ with DUCSU polls: Farooki

September 9, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has said Bangladesh has boarded the “election train” with the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall union elections. He made the remarks in a Facebook post on Tuesday morning, shortly after polling began at 08:00. “After this will come the train of the national […]Continue Reading

Calls to punish use of ‘adivasi’ term in DUCSU polls

August 29, 2025

PARBATTANEWS REPORT Politician Engineer Thoai Ching Mong Shak has demanded that those promoting the use of the term “adivasi” in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) election be identified and brought under punishment. In a statement, Mr Shak said the word “adivasi” is a deeply controversial issue in Bangladesh’s current context. He alleged that […]Continue Reading

EC unveils roadmap for polls in early February

August 29, 2025

PARBATTANEWS DESK The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday unveiled its roadmap for the 13th National Parliament election, scheduled for the first half of February 2026. The polls come in the wake of the regime change through the recent mass uprising. EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed announced the action plan at a press briefing at Nirbachan […]Continue Reading

BNP happy with EC’s election roadmap, says Fakhrul

August 29, 2025

PARBATTANEWS ONLINE DESK BNP on Thursday expressed happiness over the Election Commission’s (EC) newly announced roadmap for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election, seeing it as a positive and hopeful step. “The roadmap (for the national election) has been announced. It gives us an impression that the Election Commission has taken preparations to hold the election […]Continue Reading

‘Idea that Islam won’t remain is not Hindu thinking’: RSS’s Mohan Bhagwat

August 29, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said the organisation does not believe in attacking anyone on religious grounds and insisted that Hindu thinking does not suggest that Islam will cease to exist, reports Press Trust of India. Speaking at the centenary celebrations of the RSS in New Delhi on Thursday, […]Continue Reading

Army Chief returns home from China

August 29, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman returned home on Wednesday after completing an official visit to China, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release on Thursday. During the visit, General Waker-Uz-Zaman held courtesy meetings with senior Chinese military and civilian officials, including General Chen Hui, Political Continue Reading