Source: CollectedA hunger strike conducted by nine students at Chittagong University to push for a seven-point charter of demands, including a safer campus and the resignation of the proctorial body, has entered its third day. On Friday, three of the demonstrators were admitted to the university’s health centre after falling ill, reports bdnews24.com. While the administration has held one-on-one talks with the protesting students, the protest continues with no agreement in sight. The students began their hunger strike on Wednesday afternoon in front of the proctor’s office. “Almost all of us have fallen ill while conducting the long hunger strike.

Police have arrested three teenage boys for their alleged involvement in the rape of a 5-year-old in Satkhira’s Kaliganj Upazila. The mother of the "seriously injured" child lodged the complaint on Thursday, leading to the arrests, according to Kaliganj Police Station chief Mizanur Rahman. The child was later sent to Satkhira Sadar Hospital for urgent medical attention. According to her mother, the child went to play at a neighbour’s house around 4:30pm on Thursday, when the trio asked her to play with them. Abdul Wazed, a senior nurse at Satkhira Sadar Hospital, said: "The child was admitted to the hospital around 8:45pm on Thursday following an incident of sexual assault.

Former India captain and World Cup winner Kapil Dev has called on players and fans to focus on cricket and not turn the upcoming India-Pakistan Asia Cup clash into a political controversy. The fixture, scheduled for Sunday, has triggered heated debate in India since the Asia Cup draw was announced. Calls for a boycott of the Asia Cup encounter soon gained momentum. India opened their Asia Cup campaign with a convincing win over hosts UAE and will now meet Pakistan in their second group match. Kapil Dev urged players to shut out the noise.

Divergence grows on how to amend Constitution for 19 fundamental reformsPolitical parties have failed to reach a consensus on how to implement 19 core reforms proposed by the National Consensus Commission, which would require constitutional amendments. Others, such as Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP), have pressed for referendum or special constitutional orders. The differences were laid out on Thursday after discussions between the National Consensus Commission and political parties at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka. He said there were different views on the matter, including referendum, Constituent Assembly, or special constitutional orders. If political parties agree, preparations can be made to hold the election in December instead of February.

Following a boycott of the JUCSU election, the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal has staged a protest march on the Jahangirnagar University campus at night. The march commenced around 9:15pm in front of the university’s old registry building and concluded at Chourangi Intersection on Thursday. During a brief gathering later, Babar said: “Since Aug 5, Chhatra Dal has been engaging in campus politics that reflect the aspirations of ordinary students. Upon discovering this, Chhatra Dal reportedly informed the administration, which, under pressure, decided to count ballot papers manually. He also alleged that Chhatra Dal candidates were prevented from inspecting several halls during the process.

July Charter must be prioritised like election, justice, says YunusChief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has said the July Charter must be treated with the same importance as national election and justice. The observation came on Thursday evening during a two-hour meeting of the National Consensus Commission held at the State Guest House Jamuna under his leadership. A statement from the Chief Advisor’s Office (CAO) said the session discussed the commission’s proposals on implementing the Charter along with recommendations from political parties. “The forthcoming national election in February is not just an ordinary poll, it is a foundational election that will set the course for the future of Bangladesh,” Yunus told the meeting. The proposals of a six-member committee formed to work on the implementation of the July Charter were also presented in the meeting, the statement said.

Bangladesh is preparing to deploy 80,000 military personnel to ensure security during the parliamentary elections in February. We hope the election will be peaceful, fair, and festive,” he added, drawing parallels with the lively DUCSU elections. On deployment, he said, unlike the centralised DUCSU arrangements, parliamentary elections require a larger and more dispersed security presence across the country. Visiting the Passport Office on Thursday, Jahangir also spoke of reforms: “The [passport] processing time has been significantly reduced. Priority has been given to security forces for the upcoming election, but arrangements are in place to ensure no shortage of staff in passport offices.”

The Shongshoptok Parshad panel has boycotted the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union election, accusing the administration of bias and alleging collusion with Islami Chhatra Shibir in rigging the vote. At Shaheed Salam-Barkat Hall, the voter list showed 299 students, but 400 ballot papers were reportedly found. The absence of photographs on the voter list allowed anyone to cast a vote in place of registered students. Biased behaviour from the university administration was observed. In light of these claims, the panel said it was compelled to boycott the election.

Bangladesh has recorded the highest number of dengue deaths this year, with six fatalities and 586 hospitalisations in the past 24 hours. Two of the dead were receiving treatment in Dhaka’s Mugda Medical College Hospital, and one each at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, DNCC COVID-19 Hospital, Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, and Mymensingh Medical College Hospital. According to the health directorate bulletin, the latest admissions brought the total number of hospitalisations to 36,682 this year. At present, 1,792 dengue patients are receiving treatment in hospitals across the country. The health directorate has tracked dengue cases since 2000.

Voting at Tajuddin Hall, one of the 21 polling centres in Jahangirnagar University’s Central Students’ Union (JUCSU) election, resumed after a half-hour suspension, leaving voters waiting in long lines. The halt followed a brief incident when Sheikh Sadi Hasan, candidate for vice-president from the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal faction, attempted to enter the hall, triggering tensions among voters and polling agents. Professor Lutful Elahi, provost of Tajuddin Hall, confirmed the disruption around 11:45am and said voting resumed at 12:15pm once the situation was under control. Of the 947 registered voters at Tajuddin Hall, only around 350 had cast ballots by 2:30pm, forcing students to wait in long lines. Despite the brief interruption, polling continued across all 21 halls, reflecting a tense but largely orderly voting process in the university’s fiercely contested student union election.

After days of uncertainty and tension, the Bangladesh national men’s football team has safely returned home from Kathmandu amid deadly anti-government protests. The Bangladesh Air Force’s special flight, carrying Javier Cabrera’s squad, landed at the Kurmitola Air Base, Bir Uttam AK Khandakar, at 4:40pm on Thursday. Parliament buildings and ministerial residences were set ablaze, a curfew was imposed, and the airport temporarily closed, leaving the Bangladesh team stranded at their hotel in Kathmandu. The Bangladesh government, in coordination with the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and the Bangladesh Embassy in Kathmandu, arranged for the team’s safe return. Journalists covering the Bangladesh-Nepal matches, who were also trapped in Kathmandu, also returned on the Air Force jet.

The interim government has once again reshuffled 14 senior police officials at the levels of additional deputy inspector general and superintendent of police amid regular changes to the force’s leadership since the July Uprising. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notice to the effect on Thursday. The notice included orders reassigning the duties of eight additional DIGs and six SPs. Among the eight additional DIGs reassigned, two are from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, one each are from the Chattogram Metropolitan Police and Barishal Metropolitan Police, and another is from the Chattogram Range. In addition, the list also contains the Chuadanga SP, the Railway SP, and several officials in the Police Bureau of Investigation at the SP level.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has met with Religious Affairs Advisor AFM Khalid Hossain. It also added that Sharif referred to his recent meetings with Bangladesh’s chief advisor in New York and Cairo. Khalid handed over a letter from Yunus to the Pakistani prime minister. “In this difficult time, the people of Bangladesh stand by the brotherly people of Pakistan,” Yunus wrote, according to the press statement. Earlier in the week, Khalid met in Lahore with former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.

Kashmiri apple growers sort muddy apples in their water-logged orchards after heavy rain damaged the crop in Pulwama district, Indian Kashmir, Sept 10, 2025. REUTERSKashmiri apple growers sort muddy apples in their water-logged orchards after heavy rain damaged the crop in Pulwama district, Indian Kashmir, Sept 10, 2025. REUTERSApple growers in Indian Kashmir are staring at huge losses this year as floods and highway closures disrupt the peak harvest season, enmeshing growers and truckers in uncertainty, farmers and industry officials say. India’s apple production is concentrated in the mountainous regions of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, with most of the fruit consumed domestically. "My family is solely dependent on apple orchards, but the recent floods have devastated everything," said Shahid Ahmad, as he stood among trees spattered with mud and bruised fruit scattered in his orchard at the town of Pulwama.

Bangladesh buys more power from India, lifts fuel oil use as electricity demand risesBangladesh is boosting power imports from India and output from fuel oil-fired power plants in a scramble to meet rising electricity demand as it grapples with constraints on gas supply and coal plant maintenance, industry officials and analysts say. Natural gas accounted for about two-thirds of Bangladesh's power demand in the decade that ended in 2020, but the country has been boosting power imports and local coal-fired generation due to gas infrastructure challenges and to cut costs. A senior official of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) said many gas-fired plants were not running at capacity because of pressure-related technical problems, while coal-fired power output was lower due to maintenance outages. "When power demand started increasing since March, they had to increase imports and fuel oil-based power generation," said Shafiqul Alam, a Bangladesh-based analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. Still, gas-fired power generation fell 1.2 percent, according to government data.