Odisha: BJD slams govt over Utkal University paper leak

IANS | September 18, 2026 10:39 PM

Bhubaneswar, Sep 18 (IANS) The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday strongly criticised the state government over the alleged leak of the question paper for the +3 Second Semester Examination at Utkal University, calling it another serious blow to students and Odisha's youth under the double-engine government.

Bangladesh: Radical Jamaat-e-Islami still to apologise for opposing 1971 Liberation War

IANS | September 18, 2026 9:20 PM

Dhaka, Sep 18 (IANS) Several leaders of Bangladesh’s radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami had repeatedly urged the party’s top leadership to issue a formal and unconditional apology for opposing the country’s independence from Pakistan in 1971. Despite multiple drafts being prepared over the years, the efforts failed to materialise amid resistance from influential figures within the party, local media reported, citing the posthumous memoir of former Jamaat leader Abdur Razzaq, who died in May 2025.

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