Hill students announce panel for Chittagong University hall polls

September 15, 2025

PARBATTANEWS DESK Hill students at the University of Chittagong have announced a full panel of candidates for the upcoming hall union elections, with Promita Chakma running for vice president and Singnyou Marma for general secretary. The panel, named Bond of Affection, will field 14 candidates in Nawab Faizunnesa Hall, election officials said. Panel members collected […]Continue Reading

17 fishermen escape from Arakan Army custody

September 12, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Seventeen Bangladeshi fishermen have escaped after being detained at sea by the Arakan Army while fishing off Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar, according to local authorities. The fishermen arrived at Shahpari Island jetty on a trawler around 11am on Thursday. The Coast Guard took them into custody before handing them over to police. […]Continue Reading

Parliament sole authority for constitutional amendment: Salahuddin

September 12, 2025

STAFF REPORTER BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has said that the National Parliament is the only authorized forum for amending the constitution. Speaking at a roundtable discussion in Dhaka on Thursday, he warned that any amendment through an alternative process could later be challenged in the constitutional court. “There has not yet been a […]Continue Reading

Nepal’s young protesters back former chief justice as interim head

September 12, 2025

Nepal’s “Gen Z” protesters backed the country’s first female chief justice to temporarily lead the troubled nation and called for parliament to be dissolved on Thursday, two days after deadly demonstrations forced the prime minister to quit, Reuters reports. Sushila Karki, 73, who was the first woman to be appointed Nepal’s chief justice in Continue Reading

Death toll from Nepal protest violence rises to 51

September 12, 2025

Police reported Friday that 51 people were killed during violent anti-corruption protests in Nepal this week, as the full scale of chaos that toppled the government emerges, AFP reports. Talks continue between the president, protest representatives, key potential figures who may lead an interim administration and the army — which has imposed a curfew and […]Continue Reading

Sarba Mitra Chakma elected DUCSU executive member

September 10, 2025

PARBATTANEWS ONLINE DESK Sarba Mitra Chakma of the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed United Student Alliance has been elected an executive member of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU), securing 8,998 votes. He received the second-highest number of votes among member candidates, after Sabikun Nahar Tamanna, who won with 10,084. Out of 13 member posts, 11 […]Continue Reading

Hema Chakma elected DUCSU executive member

September 10, 2025

PARBATTANEWS ONLINE DESK Hema Chakma from the Chittagong Hill Tracts has been elected an executive member of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU). She contested the post from the Resistance Council panel, a coalition of left-leaning student organisations, and received 4,908 votes, according to the election results. Hema hails from Khagrachhari. Chief Continue Reading

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