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PARBATTA NEWS DESK Anid Hasan, a candidate from the Swatantro Shikkarti Oikya (Umama-Sadi-Zahed) panel, has withdrawn from the race for Literature and Cultural Secretary in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall unions elections.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

DUCSU polls: Shibir candidate urges peaceful voting, cites code violation

September 9, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Islami Chhatra Shibir’s vice president candidate Shadik Kayem has urged candidates and voters to act responsibly to ensure a free and fair Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) election. He made the remarks on Tuesday in response to a reporter’s question about alleged violations of the election code of conduct by a […]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

DUCSU elections: Shibir and Chhatra Dal-backed candidates cast votes

September 9, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Polling is underway in the long-awaited Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) elections, with key candidates casting their votes early on Tuesday morning. Islami Chhatra Shibir’s vice president candidate Sadik Kayem and Chhatra Dal-backed general secretary candidate Sheikh Tanvir Bari Hamim voted at the Udayan School and College polling centre Continue Reading

Army deployment remark was only figurative, says DUCSU election chief

September 8, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The Chief Returning Officer for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall union elections has said there is no security concern surrounding the polls. Professor Mohammad Jasim Uddin told a national daily that earlier references to deploying the army as a striking force were not meant literally. “That was just […]Continue Reading

Tarique Rahman’s return will complete half of election campaign: Salahuddin Ahmed

September 8, 2025

NEWS DESK BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Sunday said if the party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman returns to the country, half of the election campaign work will be completed. He said,“Tarique Rahman will return to the country very soon, and on that day, everything for the election will be established. I’m not saying […]Continue Reading

Belgium to recognise Palestinian statehood, impose sanctions on Israel

September 3, 2025

Belgium will recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) later this month, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has announced, Al Jazeera reports. “Palestine will be recognised by Belgium at the UN session! And firm sanctions will be imposed against the Israeli government,” Prevot, who is also the deputy prime minister, […]Continue Reading

Afghanistan death toll passes 1,400 as second earthquake strikes

September 3, 2025

The Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands more injured, The Guardian reports. Rescuers searched into the night for survivors after the 6.0-magnitude quake struck on Sunday destroying entire villages across the country’s eastern Kunar province, which borders Pakistan. Many Continue Reading

HC directs creation of separate judiciary secretariat in 3 months

September 3, 2025

NEWS DESK In a historic judgment, the High Court (HC) on Wednesday restored the authority of the Supreme Court over the control and discipline of subordinate court judges. It also directed the government to create a separate secretariat for the judiciary within the next three months. A High Court division bench comprising Justice Ahmed Sohel […]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