NCP almost ready to seek registration with EC
With just six days left before the Election Commission’s registration deadline, the National Citizen Party has nearly completed its preparations for application submission.
16 June 2025, 18:33 PM
Shop rent Tk 3 lakh, but govt gets just Tk 22,000
A probe has found massive irregularities in the rental of shops at nine markets of the National Sports Council (NSC), including a case where the government receives as little as Tk 22,000 in monthly rent while as much as Tk 3 lakh is being collected from the tenant.
17 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Registration deadline: NCP to seek 2-month extension from EC
The newly formed National Citizen Party will formally request the Election Commission to extend the registration deadline for political parties by two months, as the party is unlikely to meet the registration requirements by April 20.
11 April 2025, 19:15 PM
NCP to push for reforms, ban on AL
The National Citizen Party (NCP) is set to launch a series of programmes this month, centring on three key demands -- the trial of the Awami League for the July killings, governance reforms, and an election to the constituent assembly, according to party insiders.
4 April 2025, 21:17 PM
NCP gears up for EC registration
The National Citizen Party (NCP) is now taking preparations to form district and upazila-level organisational units to meet the Election Commission’s registration criteria ahead of the upcoming polls.
2 April 2025, 20:03 PM
NCP pushes for grassroots support amid Eid holiday
Key leaders of the recently launched National Citizen Party (NCP) are actively engaging in mass contact in their respective areas, capitalising on the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation.
28 March 2025, 18:40 PM
July uprising: Nagorik Committee, student body to be revamped
The two platforms became largely inactive after they floated their political party -- National Citizen Party (NCP) and student body Democratic Student Council
21 March 2025, 19:00 PM
A mixed bag in NCP convening committee
The recently formed National Citizen Party (NCP) has announced a 217-member convening committee, incorporating individuals from diverse backgrounds.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Major problems ignored; no sign of next election
Elections to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) were held exactly a year ago with contesting panels pledging to take initiatives to curb accommodation crisis at the dormitories and to improve the food quality of dorm canteens.
10 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Evening Courses at DU: Business faculty to oppose shutdown
The business studies teachers are lobbying hard for continuation of the evening courses as the Dhaka University authorities are likely to decide tomorrow whether to stop enrolment of students in those courses.
22 February 2020, 18:00 PM
DU teachers uninterested in uniform entrance test
Most Dhaka University teachers and Ducsu leaders oppose the University Grants Commission’s move to hold uniform admission test for all public universities.
11 February 2020, 18:00 PM
DU yells, ‘Period not a dirty word’
In a country where menstruation still faces myriad social, cultural and religious stigmas, which are big barriers to ensuring menstrual hygiene, a unique and much-needed initiative shines a light of hope for the women -- sanitary napkin vending machines.
4 January 2020, 18:00 PM
It’s BCL men in garb of Moncho
Muktijuddho Moncho, which hit the headlines for attacking Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur and Chhatra Dal activists in the last couple of months, has current and former Chhatra League leaders at its helm.
24 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Celebration in the air
It was a day of mixed feelings for graduating students of Dhaka University yesterday, as they celebrated successful completion of their studies and bade farewell to the university they called home for the last four years.
9 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Turmoil after Abrar Murder: Buet academic activities yet to resume
Academic activities at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology are yet to resume even three weeks after Abrar Fahad’s murder.
27 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Abrar threatened over Facebook posts earlier
This was not the first time Abrar Fahad was called to room 2011 of Buet’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Shovon-Rabbani: A life of luxury, not simplicity
Many Chhatra League leaders often share on social media the prime minister’s quote “let high principles and simple way of living be your ideologies in life”. She had said this to Chhatra League many a time.
14 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Shovon, Rabbani removed
Rezwanul Haque Chowdhury Shovon and Golam Rabbani were removed last night from the posts of Chhatra League president and general secretary for their controversial activities.
14 September 2019, 18:00 PM
6 Months of Ducsu: Nothing’s changed
In the run-up to the Ducsu polls, the candidates made many lofty promises about solving the accommodation crisis and protecting students’ rights.
9 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Dengue panic grips DU students
Fear of contracting dengue fever has gripped Dhaka University students, after several of them were diagnosed with it.
29 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Controversy, protest as BCL unveils committee
The pro-Awami League student body Chhatra League yesterday announced its 301-member full-fledged central committee, touching off controversy and demonstration by some of those who could not make it to the new committee.
13 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Girl students first to raise the alarm
What could be a day of boundless festivity for the first time in three decades was eventually spoiled by allegations of foul play, and it was the female students of the country's premier university who first raised the alarm bell.
11 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Doubt reigns as DU votes today
The much-awaited elections to Ducsu and hall unions will be held today amid dominance of Bangladesh Chhatra League and questionable roles of the university authorities.
10 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Media control at the heart of freedom
Dhaka University authorities yesterday imposed a limit on the number of journalists each media house would be allowed to assign to cover Monday's Ducsu polls.
8 March 2019, 18:00 PM
No Ducsu polls in 27 years
The Dhaka University authorities have been collecting hefty fees from the students in the name of central students' union and hall unions although these unions have no existence for the last 27 years.
14 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Demonstration at DU: BCL backed it, blocked it too
At the Dhaka University, Bangladesh Chhatra League first added fuel to the fire and then tried to douse it.
29 January 2018, 18:00 PM