Leaders of the Students Against Discrimination platform offered Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus the responsibility of leading a new government on August 4 last year, a day before the Awami League regime fell, said Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party, yesterday.

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Parties press for February polls under PR system

The Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal-backed panel "Oikyaboddho Notun Projonmo" has submitted a six-point demand to the chief election commissioner ahead of the Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (Rucsu) polls.

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said the European Parliament delegation understood that introducing proportional representation (PR) in Bangladesh's elections would only be possible if parliament passed it.

The Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday threatened to launch tough protest programmes until the government scraps the decision to recruit music teachers at primary schools and instead appoints religion teachers.

Despite the deadline for collecting nomination forms for the Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) election ending on Tuesday, the authorities extended it by a day, which ended yesterday.

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The interim government’s decision to appoint music and dance teachers in primary schools, instead of religious teachers, is “forced and irrelevant”, leaders of Islamist political parties and organisations said yesterday.

The BNP has decided to launch a countrywide campaign in mid-October to improve its public image, counter opposition narratives and reassure voters of its commitment to reforms ahead of the national election scheduled for February.

BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said banning any political party through an executive order would be a “dangerous practice” and stressed that such matters must only be decided by courts.

Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), yesterday expressed hope that the ongoing trials for crimes against humanity committed during last year’s July uprising will not be disrupted after the upcoming national election.

The distribution of nomination forms for the Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) and hall union elections ended yesterday, with 1,088 forms collected over three days.

A total of 42 candidates have been elected uncontested to hall union bodies of Rajshahi University, as no rival contenders came forward in seven dormitories.