DUCSU election: DU administration meets student bodies

    M Humayun Kabir: The Dhaka University administration has finally met with the Dhaka University Central Student Union (DUCSU), hall student councils and leaders from ‘active’ student groups over the issue of DUCSU polls. The initiative was taken to hold the meeting after a case was filed last Thursday over ignoring the DUCSU elections, reports bdnews24.com….

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      Mirpur weavers to move to new site

      Desk Report: Thousands of weavers based in Mirpur Benarasi Palli will shift to a new site, some 70 kilometres off the densest Dhaka city, reports The Financial Express. The move is a part of reviving the glory of the handloom industry and also freeing up space in the metropolis. As planned, the weavers would find…

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        Clean up after oneself to clean Bangladesh

        Desk Report: Wearing gloves and masks and holding brooms in hands, several hundred students yesterday carried out a cleaning campaign at Rabindra Sarobar in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area to generate public awareness for keeping the country clean, reports The Daily Star. The students, from different educational institutions in the capital, collected trash including plastic bottles, polythene…

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          Houthis ‘sign memorandum’ with UN to transport wounded abroad

          Al Jazeera: Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations to airlift critically ill patients abroad for treatment. The Houthi-run Saba news agency reported on Saturday that the memorandum, signed between Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf Abdullah and the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Lise Grande, would include transporting…

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            EC hastily wants to include EVM: Shujan

            Kabir Humayun: Shus-hashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan), a civil society platform, blasted the Election Commission (EC) for sending the proposal hurriedly to the government to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the upcoming national polls. “The Election Commission is working like a rocket to include EVM system in the RPO,” said Shujan President M Hafizuddin Khan….

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              Reckless driving still continues

              Desk Report: Unhealthy competition among bus companies and reckless driving are still continuing leading to frequent road accidents in the capital, reports The daily sun. Sources said efforts to bring discipline in traffic management are yet to succeed mainly due to the recklessness of drivers and helplessness of police in controlling traffic chaos. Buses are…

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