Month: August 2025

Desk Report, Mahin Sarkar, a candidate for DUCSU from a separate panel, expelled from NCP National Citizens Party (NCP) leader Mahin Sarkar has been nominated for the post of General Secretary (GS) from an independent panel in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) elections. The NCP has then expelled him from the party on charges of ‘serious breach of discipline’. The party says that the reason for this decision is that Mahin did not take permission from NCP convener Nahid Islam and member secretary Akhtar Hossain before announcing his…

DEsk Report, Chhatra Dal alleges lack of ‘level playing field’, attempts to sabotage DUCSU elections The Bangladesh Democratic Students’ Union held an emergency press conference on Monday night over the violation of the code of conduct in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and Hall Parliament elections and the extension of the time for withdrawing nomination papers. Chhatra Dal alleges lack of ‘level playing field’, attempts to sabotage DUCSU elections The organization said that the Chhatra Dal’s complaint that there is no ‘level playing field’ (equal opportunity for all)…

Desk Report, Expelled, cancelled and deceased students in Jaksur’s final voter list Abu Nur Mohammad was a residential student of the Vishwakabi Rabindranath Tagore Hall of Jahangirnagar University. He died on May 30 this year while undergoing treatment for a lung disease. This student’s name is in the final voter list of Jaksur. In addition, the voter list also includes names of students whose studentship was cancelled, expelled Chhatra League workers, students who had their admission cancelled and those who had gone abroad. The final voter list for the Jahangirnagar…

Desk Report, Election roadmap to be announced this week: EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed, Senior Secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat, said that the EC Secretariat has prepared a draft of the national election roadmap. He hopes that it will be possible to publish it this week after the commission’s approval. Election roadmap to be announced this week: EC Secretary Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed spoke to reporters at the Election Building on Monday. He said that the policy for setting up polling stations was discussed at the EC’s monthly coordination…