Over 6,500 people showed up to compete for 130 spots in the fine arts program at Dhaka University. The test had two parts, where students had to answer general questions and show off their drawing skills at different buildings around campus.
The university's top administrators walked through the testing centers to make sure everything was running smoothly. The vice chancellor said afterward that he was happy with how organized and chill the whole thing turned out, and then he told all the applicants good luck with whatever comes next.
Dhaka University is moving everything to remote learning after earthquakes messed up their buildings and freaked everyone out. The school told department heads and deans to start running classes through video calls, and nobody knows when they'll switch back to in-person stuff.
Engineers are checking out which buildings got wrecked during the tremors, and the administration is waiting for their damage reports before deciding what to fix first. The winter break schedule is on hold until the inspection team finishes looking at everything and tells them what needs to happen next.
The home affairs guy who used to be a lieutenant general stopped by Evercare Hospital to see how Khaleda Zia is holding up. The retired military adviser swung through around midday to check on the former prime minister, who's been stuck there dealing with a bunch of health problems at the same time.
A religious leader from Bangladesh, Khilafat Majlis, dropped in earlier to visit her, and some National Citizen Party members also showed up to get the rundown from her medical team. The doctors are saying she's in pretty rough shape and needs serious medical attention right now.
Some politicians from the National Citizens Party showed up at the hospital where former PM Khaleda Zia is getting treated to check how she's doing. The crew talked with her doctors about what's going on with her medical situation after they visited her room at Evercare Hospital.
Three party members made the trip, and they basically just asked everyone to keep her in their prayers. One of them pointed out that the opposition leader never got decent healthcare when the previous government was running things, and another guy said he wants her to stick around long enough to see the country shift back toward democracy. The whole visit was really just about rallying people to pray for her recovery.
Club NotreDamians Bangladesh wrapped up their month-long indoor sports thing with a ceremony where they handed out trophies to the winners. About 115 members competed in table tennis, chess, carrom, pool, and snooker across different categories. Badrul Hassan from the '91 batch took home the singles table tennis trophy, while Jewel Gomez and Mahfuzur Rahman teamed up to win doubles carrom.
The event pulled in some big names for the closing party. A retired brigadier general who runs the club showed up as the main guest, and the chairman from Agrani Bank made an appearance, too. All the committee members were there to watch people collect their awards after the competition ended.
A Pakistani delegation showed up at Southern University Bangladesh's campus to talk shop about study opportunities. Muhammad Wasif from the deputy high commission brought reps from 14 universities to meet with the school's acting vice chancellor, Dr Sharif Ashrafuzzaman, and some professors to hash out scholarship programs and application stuff for Bangladeshi students who want to study in Pakistan.
The crew from Pakistan had some heavy hitters, like Dr Jehanzeb Khan from Islamabad's higher education commission and Aftab Ahmed, who runs a tech university. A bunch of other administrators and coordinators tagged along from different schools in Karachi and elsewhere to pitch their programs and explain how students can apply for financial aid.
Bangladesh cricket just yeeted eight players from the upcoming league auction after some anti-corruption investigation found sketchy stuff going on. The board's working with their consultant, who used to run the ICC's corruption unit, and they're acting on a massive 900-page report about match-fixing allegations from last season.
The guys getting the boot are Anamul Haque Bijoy, Mosaddek Hossain, Shofiul Islam, Alauddin Babu, Sunzamul Islam, Mizanur Rahman, Monir Hasan Khan, and Nihaduzzaman. A BCB vice president said the governing council is keeping out anyone in the red-mark zone based on what their consultant, Alex Marshall, told them.
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Muhammad Yunus had his advisory crew gather for a special meeting where they said some prayers for Khaleda Zia to get better. The group signed off on changes to foreign donation rules that make it easier for NGOs to operate, and donations under 50 lakh taka per year won't need government approval anymore.
The law adviser told everyone that 24 people locked up in the UAE for being part of the July protests are about to get released and should be back in Bangladesh within a couple of days. The council also looked at a draft police commission proposal, but they want more details before voting on it at the next session.
Bangladesh's election chief said the voting schedule is probably gonna drop in early December. AMM Nasir Uddin checked out some practice voting at a school and told reporters the publicity machine hasn't really fired up yet, but the government and the election commission are about to go hard with promotional stuff.
The guy said security looks way better than before with all the different forces working together, even though some theft and mugging garbage still happens here and there. They're running these mock elections because regular people haven't actually seen proper voting in 15 years, and the commission wants to figure out how long it takes someone to fill out two ballots while getting voters familiar with the whole process again.
