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Ducsu polls: Shibir-backed VP, GS, AGS defeated only at Jagannath Hall
This information emerged following the publication of the final Ducsu election results
10 September 2025, 07:53 AM
Ducsu election results: Winners declared for all 28 posts
Shadik Kayem was elected vice-president
10 September 2025, 07:43 AM
Those who crossed 10,000 votes in Ducsu election
Independent candidate Sanjida Ahmed Tonni received the second-highest number of votes
10 September 2025, 07:19 AM
The final act: Learning to accept election defeat
Ducsu delivers a participatory election. Can unsuccessful candidates accept loss gracefully?
10 September 2025, 07:19 AM
Protest over constituency delimitation continues in Faridpur for 2nd day
Due to the blockade, road communication between Dhaka and several districts including Barishal and Khulna were being disrupted
10 September 2025, 07:08 AM
2-day hartal begins in Bagerhat demanding restoration of 4 constituencies
Since 8:00am today, leaders and activists of the committee brought out several processions in support of the hartal
10 September 2025, 07:00 AM
Mawlana Bhashani bridge shines finally as lighting finally switched on
Electric lights illuminate the bridge over Teesta, ending weeks of darkness and frustration
10 September 2025, 06:43 AM
This victory belongs to the students, not any faction: Shadik Kayem
Newly elected Ducsu VP says they do not want to mark victory with rallies
10 September 2025, 05:26 AM
Shibir-backed candidates Shadik, Farhad elected Ducsu VP, GS
Abu Shadik Kayem won 14,042 votes while Abidul Islam Khan, from the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal-backed panel, got 5,708 votes.
10 September 2025, 02:45 AM
Abid, Umama reject Ducsu polls
They made the comments when results announced by the presiding officers until 4:00am show that Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed vice-president candidate Abu Shadik Kayem was leading the Ducsu polls
9 September 2025, 22:14 PM
Shibir-backed candidates Shadik, Farhad leading in top two Ducsu posts
Counting going on till 6:00am; turnout 78% in polls marked by festivities
9 September 2025, 21:07 PM
PSC working to cut BCS recruitment time to 1 year
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission is working to reduce the duration of recruitment process from three and a half years to one year, under the slogan “One BCS, One Year,” in an effort to establish a merit-based and discrimination-free institution.
9 September 2025, 21:05 PM
Ducsu polls results: Students wait with bated breath at DU Senate Building
Significant number Chhatra Shibir leaders and activists among them
9 September 2025, 19:26 PM
BNP to refrain from protests over EC’s constituency demarcation
Party says it doesn’t want any chaos related to Ducsu elections
9 September 2025, 19:06 PM
Uprising cases: Committees to identify those falsely implicated
The government yesterday formed committees at the district and metropolitan levels in an attempt to identify and discharge individuals falsely implicated in cases filed over the crimes committed during last year’s mass uprising.
9 September 2025, 18:34 PM
Abu Sayed Killing: ‘Forced to conceal pellet wounds in inquest report’
A police officer told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday that he was forced by a senior officer to conceal pellet injuries in the inquest report of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who was killed in Rangpur at the beginning of the July uprising.
9 September 2025, 18:23 PM
Father files case over son’s killing in Rajbari attack
Around 4,000 unidentified people have been sued over the death of a man during a clash at the darbar sharif of Nurul Haque, locally known as “Nural Pagla”, in Rajbari’s Goaland upazila on September 5.
9 September 2025, 18:22 PM
Some allegations in otherwise smooth voting
Voters stood in long queues in blazing September heat yesterday, eager to cast what was, for most, the first ballot of their lives.
9 September 2025, 18:22 PM
Huge turnout, festivity mark Ducsu polls
Brimming with excitement and hope, thousands of students cast their votes in the Ducsu and hall union elections yesterday, as renewed democratic spirit and festive energy swept through the Dhaka University campus.
9 September 2025, 18:22 PM
Ex-secretary Shafiqul Islam arrested
A Dhaka court yesterday sent former secretary Bhuiyan Mohammad Shafiqul Islam to jail in an anti-terrorism case.
9 September 2025, 18:16 PM