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PARBATTA NEWS DESK Anid Hasan, a candidate from the Swatantro Shikkarti Oikya (Umama-Sadi-Zahed) panel, has withdrawn from the race for Literature and Cultural Secretary in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall unions elections.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

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