Police and embassy officials went to the spot, opened the room with a master key and found the victim dead

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday reaffirmed his commitment to holding the 13th national election in the first half of February next year.

Abu Baker Mojumdar, a former coordinator of Students Against Discrimination (SAD) and now vying for the post of general secretary in the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) election, pledged to continue political, social, and cultural struggles on behalf of students.

Abu Shadik Kayem, vice-president (VP) candidate from the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel in the upcoming Ducsu election, says he wants to transform Dhaka University from what he calls a “political institution” into an academic one by bringing a balance between education and politics.

A man was beaten to death by a mob on theft allegations in Nepaldighi village of Natore Sadar upazila early yesterday.

A ward-level Awami League leader was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in Manirampur upazila of Jashore on Saturday night.

Two rounds of clashes between villagers and students of Chittagong University have left at least 240 people injured. The violence was sparked by the alleged assault on a female student on Saturday night and flared yesterday afternoon.

The total number of voters in the country now stands at 126,307,504. Of them, 64,004,455 are male, 62,058,819 are female, and 1,230 are from the hijra community, Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told journalists at the EC headquarters in the capital yesterday.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said the “unholy efforts of evil forces” to create the ground for thwarting the next parliamentary elections are gradually becoming visible.

Rajshahi University was on edge yesterday as student organisations scuffled over the exclusion of first-year students from the voter list for the upcoming central student union election.

Journalist leaders yesterday expressed frustration that none of the recommendations from the Media Reform Commission’s report have yet been implemented.

Journalists in Bangladesh are increasingly subjected to attacks, threats, and judicial harassment while performing their professional duties, according to rights group Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation (MSF).

As there is no limit on expenditure in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and hall union election campaigns, some independent candidates feel the playing field is uneven.

Today is the 22nd death anniversary of Nurjahan Murshid, a women’s rights activist, renowned politician and organisers of the 1971 Liberation War, said a press release.

The remains of a printing press, believed to be around 150 years old, were relocated to the Mymensingh Museum on Saturday after being abandoned for decades near the city’s Mrittunjoy School.

Certain political interest groups are deliberately creating unrest in the country to serve their own agendas, alleged Professor Samina Lutfa of the Sociology Department at Dhaka University yesterday.

Police trying to arrest the accused

Students of the Faculty of Veterinary Science and the Faculty of Animal Husbandry locked the teachers inside the Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Auditorium around 1:00pm

Says Chief Adviser Yunus has assured BNP that the election will be held in February 2026

Md Adib Farhan moved abroad six months ago