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CUCSU: 12 panels are in the race

CHITTAGONG, Sept 22: A total of 12 panels are contesting in the upcoming Chittagong University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) and hall union elections, scheduled for Oct 12. The EC announced the primary candidatures after scrutiny on Monday. A total of 1,162 candidates took nomination papers to contest for a total...

DUCSU: JCD raises 11 allegations over polls irregularities

Raising 11 allegations of irregularities and inconsistencies in the DUCSU election, the VP candidate from the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD)-backed panel on Monday said they will have no scope to accept the election as legitimate unless the university administration clarifies its stance on these issues.In a media briefing at the...

Tk 270b spent, but no outcome due to ‘faulty projects’

An estimated Tk 270 billion, spent in the last 27 years for improving the situation of pollution of the Buriganga River, failed to bring the expected outcome due to inappropriate projects and actions. Besides, political economy-based policies have destroyed the rivers and their ecology in and around Dhaka city.Dhaka North...

Dengue claims two more lives -----------

Dengue claimed two more lives across the country in the last 24 hours until Monday morning. Some 678 people diagnosed with dengue positive were also hospitalised during the period.With these deaths, the dengue toll has reached 181 this year and hospitalisation cases to 42,509, according to the Directorate General of...

Five rivers in Khulna, Jashore to be re-excavated at a cost of Tk 1.4b

The Bangladesh Army will implement a project to re-excavate 81.5 km of five rivers in the Khulna and Jashore regions at a cost of Tk1.4 billion.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and the Bangladesh Army's 24 Engineer Construction Brigade on Monday, according...

Seven JU teachers, student among ‘world's most-cited scientists’

Seven faculty members and a student from Jahangirnagar University (JU) have been ranked among the world's top 2.0 per cent of most-cited scientists in a list prepared by Stanford University researchers and published in the Elsevier journal on September 20.The list, compiled by John P. A. Ioannidis of the Meta-Research...

Weather (2025-09-23)

Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday). Day and night temperature may rise slightly. The highest temperature was recorded on...