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Rare RUCSU election campaigns pick pace amid shifting schedules, boycotts, fears of shadow alliances

Bangladesh, Aug. 28 -- For the first time in more than three decades, Rajshahi University's Central Students' Union (RUCSU) is heading to the polls. The long-delayed election, now set for Sept 25 afte... Read More


Barishal University students hang banners on government buildings amid housing, classroom crunch

Bangladesh, Aug. 28 -- Students of Barishal University, locked in protests over acute classroom and housing shortages, have hung banners on two government buildings in the city, symbolically declaring... Read More


DUCSU campaign sees flurry of complaints, counter-allegations

Bangladesh, Aug. 28 -- The campaign for the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election has already taken a contentious turn, with a stream of formal complaints and counter-allegations e... Read More


3 killed in India as van following Google Maps misroute is swept away by river

Bangladesh, Aug. 28 -- At least three people have been killed, and a child has gone missing in the Indian state of Rajasthan's Chittorgarh, after Google Maps allegedly led the driver of a van onto a c... Read More


Election Commission to launch training programme ahead of general election

Bangladesh, Aug. 28 -- A training programme is being launched to prepare election officials for the upcoming 13th national parliamentary polls. Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin will inaugu... Read More


Abu Sayed's father Mokbul demands justice for son's murder in his lifetime

Bangladesh, Aug. 28 -- Mokbul Hossain, the father of Abu Sayed, a student of Rangpur's Begum Rokeya University who was killed during the July Uprising, wants to witness justice for his son's murder du... Read More


All BUET undergrad, term examinations postponed until Sept 18

Bangladesh, Aug. 28 -- All undergraduate and term examinations at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have been postponed from Aug 30 to Sept 18. The emergency notice publi... Read More


Court defers verdict in corruption case against BNP leader Gayeshwar

Bangladesh, Aug. 28 -- A Dhaka court has deferred announcing the verdict in a case over illegal accumulation of wealth against BNP Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy. The verdict was sch... Read More


Israeli Foreign Minister Saar says there will not be a Palestinian state

Bangladesh, Aug. 28 -- Police have taken former minister Latif Siddique and several others into custody following unrest at a Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) event. Several people surrounded Latif when h... Read More


Billionaire Indian educator sparks debate with call to 'work 24/7' for success

Bangladesh, Aug. 28 -- Sunny Varkey, the Indian-born billionaire and chairman of GEMS Education, has reignited a familiar debate about work-life balance with a blunt message that lasting success requi... Read More