After a six-year hiatus, students cast their votes in the Ducsu and hall union polls, with long queues and high enthusiasm

Large numbers of students were seen standing in long queues to cast their votes

Alleges JCD candidates breaching electoral code

Some students say this is their first chance to vote in a truly democratic environment

Students started casting their votes at 8:00am across polling centres set up in residential halls amid tight security. The balloting will continue until 4:00pm.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has urged all member states to create safe and dignified pathways for refugee protection and resettlement, particularly for the Rohingyas.

The deceased was identified as Md Aynal Hossain, 42, of Probhakordi village under Brahmandi union

On suspicion of mugging, a man was beaten to death by a mob in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur yesterday.

Shamim Molla, a former student of Jahangirnagar University, was reportedly beaten to death on campus on September 18 last year by a group of students who accused him of involvement in the attack on anti-quota protesters on July 15.

Inter-faith leaders and academics have called for deeper understanding and respect among different religions to build a pluralistic society free from violence.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent former secretary Abu Alam Md Shahid Khan to jail in an anti-terrorism case.

The father of a suspect in the attack on a darbar sharif at Goalanda upazila in Rajbari has claimed to have handed his son over to police. 

A police sub-inspector told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday that he and his colleagues were threatened with dismissal if they refused to open fire on protesters during the “March to Dhaka” programme at Chankharpul on August 5 last year.

The government has formed a seven-member committee to expedite proceedings in cases filed over killings during the July mass uprising. The committee is headed by the additional secretary of the Law and Justice Division.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion have arrested a man in connection with the killing of a Comilla University (CoU) student and her mother at their residence in the city on Sunday night.

Chhatra Odhikar Parishad and Bangladesh Chhatra Federation yesterday announced a panel jointly under the banner of "Rucsu for Radical Change" to contest the upcoming Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (Rucsu) election, scheduled for September 25.

BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday asked his party members to stay vigilant until the restoration of democracy, saying the most important task now is to establish democracy by foiling conspiracies against Bangladesh at any cost.

With one judge for every 78,023 people, the Supreme Court and lower courts have been grappling with a growing backlog of cases, delaying legal remedies for thousands of justice seekers.

The army yesterday said delays in its response are often unavoidable, as troops are called in only when police and other agencies struggle to contain law-and-order situations, by which time crucial minutes may already have been lost.

The National Consensus Commission is likely to hold a meeting with political parties on Thursday to discuss how to implement the July National Charter.