Dhaka University
BCL hall conference held after long 5 years
The hall conference of Dhaka University Chhatra League unit was held on Sunday after a gap of five years on TSC premises.
Amid playing of national anthem and releasing pigeons President of Dhaka University Chhatra League Sanjit Chandra Das inaugurated the conference,
A cultural session was held before the beginning of the main part of the conference.
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Borikul Islam Badhon, former president of Bangabandhu Hall Chhatra League unit and convener of conference preparatory committee presided over the conference.
Made to stare at a bright light by seniors, DU student passes out
A first-year mass communication student at Dhaka University was allegedly bullied and mentally tortured by a few seniors in the guest room of Bijoy Ekattor Hall on Wednesday night.
Around 10pm, Akhtarul Islam was summoned to the guest room by five-six second-year students. He was first bulled and then made to stare at a bright light for over 10 minutes -- an act that could damage one's eyes.
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Akhtarul's alleged ordeal continued till he became unconscious and had to be rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for treatment. His only fault was that he could not attend the last guest room meeting as "his father was unwell".
The student of the mass communication and journalism department and others who witnessed the alleged mental torture told UNB that the accused were all activists of the Dhaka University Chhatra League.
'They told me to stare at a bulb, and I passed out. When I regained consciousness, I found myself at the hospital," Aktarul said.
An eyewitness bolstered his version. "His seniors forced him to stare at one of the bulbs in the room for 10 minutes and he became unconscious. He was already sick," the eyewitness said, seeking anonymity.
DU authorities said steps would be taken after a probe into the allegations.
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Prof Abdul Bashir, provost of Bijoy Ekattor Hall, said, "A probe panel will be formed by Friday to look into the allegations, following which action will be taken."
A Bangladesh Chhatra League member, Abu Yunus said, "Our organisation don't support any such inhuman act. Strict steps will be taken from our side as soon as possible."
The accused could not be contacted.
DU students extend support for agitating SUST students
A group of Dhaka University's students staged a rally in front of Raju Memorial Sculpture on Sunday in solidarity with the movement being waged by the students of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology in Sylhet.
Some 20-25 students joined the rally around 4pm demanding the removal of SUST Vice-Chancellor Professor Farid Uddin.
Read:Rally held at DU in solidarity with SUST students
Akif Ahmed, third year student of Information and Library Management department, said, "It will be wrong to think of the recent incident of SUST as a separate incident. Every public university is in the same situation."
Besides, the relationship between the teachers and the students is not good enough. There is a long distance among them which should not exist for the wellbeing of the country, he added.
“A VC is considered as the guardian of a University and it is his duty to save his/her students from external and internal attack. If he cannot meet his students’ legal demands, he cannot hold the post," he said.
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Laboni Bonna, student of the Dance Department, said, “We saw in the past that students of different universities protested against the problems of dormitories. But the problems were never resolved.”
"We have to stand for SUST students like the vice-chancellors of other universities are backing Farid Uddin," she added.
SUST protest reaches DU campus
The wave of protests against the Vice-Chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has reached the Dhaka University campus.
On Thursday morning, Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal took out a rally on the DU campus, demanding the resignation of SUST V-C Professor Farid Uddin and the withdrawal of a police case filed against the protesting students of the university.
Read:24 SUST students go on hunger strike
Referring to the arrest of retired Professor Tajmeri Islam (considered pro-BNP) at the rally, Chhatra Dal president Fazlur Rahman Khokon said, "We have seen that she was sent to jail in a false case."
"And earlier, Professor Morshed was sacked just for subscribing to nationalist ideology. University teachers and students are being tortured this way," he added.
Read: 300 SUST students sued over clash with cops
Fazlur also came down heavily on the SUST V-C and the police for booking the students protesting on their campus. "We demand the withdrawal of the case immediately."
"Moreover, if the SUST V-C does not resign, the students will embark on a movement demanding the resignation of the government," he added.
BCL activist held with gun on DU campus
An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League's (BCL) Dhaka University (DU) unit was arrested with arms from Masterda Surja Sen Hall on Tuesday night.
The arrestee has been identified as Al Amin Khan Razon, a supporter of Al Nahian Khan Joy, the president of BCL.
Al Amin is expecting a post in the next hall conference slated for January 30, reports our DU correspondent.
Read: 12 injured in clash between two rival BCL factions at CU
Confirming the matter, Moudud Hawladar, officer-in-charge of Shahbagh police station, said the BCL activist was arrested with help from the DU proctorial team for possession of a gun.
"Al-Amin stayed in room no 101 of Dhaka University's Masterda Surja Sen Hall but he didn't have studentship. Legal action will be taken against him," he said.
Newborn’s body recovered from dustbin at DU
The body of a newborn baby was recovered from a dustbin near Sheikh Russell Tower, a staff quarter of Dhaka University on Tuesday.
The body was sent for an autopsy after recovery, said officer-in-charge of Shahabagh police station Moudud Hawladar.
Read: Ex-DU professor’s body recovered in Gazipur, suspected killer arrested
DU proctor Professor AKM Golam Rabbani said police will take necessary step in this regard.
Ex-DU professor’s body recovered in Gazipur, suspected killer arrested
Former professor of Dhaka University Saida Gaffar was found dead at Kashimpur in Gazipur on Friday, two days after she went missing, police said.
She was a former Professor of Institute of Nutrition and Food Science of the university.
Read: University student found dead in Chattogram
A mason Anwarul was arrested from Gaibandha district earlier on the day following a missing diary filed by the deceased's daughter Sahida Afrin at Kashimpur Police Station. He worked at the under-construction building of the professor.
Sub-Inspector (SI) Dipankar Roy of Kashimpur Police Station said Prof Saida’s body was recovered from a place away from her rented house at Panishail area in Kashimpur on Friday based on the arrestee’s information.
Pro-AL Blue Panel sweeps DU dean election
Blue panel, a panel of pro-Awami League teachers, swept the Dhaka University dean election on Thursday.
The dean election of Dhaka University (DU) was held at Nawab Ali Chowdhury senate building and DU Treasurer Prof Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed announced the results at DU Club in the afternoon.
Prof Md Rahmat Ullah and Prof Zillur Rahman of Blue Panel were declared elected deans of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Science respectively before the election as no one from other panels contested the election.
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The other Blue Panel deans are Dr. Mohammad Abdul Bashir of Arts Faculty, Prof. Abdus Samad of Science Faculty, Dr. Mohammad Abdul Moin of Business Faculty, Dr. Ziaur Rahman of Social Science Faculty, Dr. AKM Hasan of Biological Sciences Faculty Dr. Shites Chandra Bachar of the Pharmacy Faculty, Dr. Hafiz Mohammad Hasan Babu of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology.
The voting began at 9:00 am and continued till 1:00pm.
The elected deans will serve for the next two years.
Attack on Qawwali programme at TSC; 8 injured
At least eight students and a journalist were injured in an attack on a Sufi cultural programme allegedly by Chhatra League at Dhaka university's TSC on Wednesday.
Silsila, organizing group of Dhaka University, arranged the first ever Qawwali programme at TSC in the evening.
Soon after the programme began at 6 pm, some 70-80 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra league allegedly swooped on the stage smashing chairs and music instruments.
At least 11 students including two females and a journalist were injured in the attack.
Molla Mohammad Faruk, an organiser of the programme, said now it is clear that the followers of Saddam Hussein, general secretary of Dhaka University Chhatra League unit, carried out the attack.
READ: 35 injured as police, protestors clash at TSC
"The followers of Saddam Hussein in Sargent Johrul Houqe hall, Kabi Jasimuddin hall and Dhaka College Chhatra League joined the attack", he added.
Saddam denied his supporters were involved.
"I do not know about this. Conspirators are using the name of BCL and these are the deeds of conspirators too", Saddam said denouncing the allegation.
"The programme collapsed because of their intetnal conflict. Chhatra League is not involved in this attack", he added.
"Such heinous attack on a cultural function on capmus is not expected. Proper measures will be taken against attackers",DU Proctor Prof. AKM Golam Rabbani said in this regard after he visited the site.
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Immediaty after the incident, left-leaning organisations of Dhaka University staged rallies to protest the attack.
Later, the programme organisers performed Qawwali songs in front of proctor's office in protest of the attack.
All DU students to get smart ID cards by next February, say authorities
As many Dhaka University students face numerous problems for not having a proof of their studentship the university authorities hope to provide smart ID cards to all undergraduate students by next month. This optimism has been voiced by Prof. Mustafizur Rahman, convener of DU online admission committee, in an interview with UNB this week. Dhaka University, which is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding, has over 37,000 regular students in its 83 departments under 13 faculties. About 2,000 of the students or over six per cent are yet to get any proper ID cards of their studentship.
Read: Legal notice served on Dhaka University for barring married students from halls For the lack the cards of their identity the students are facing problems such as borrowing books from the university library and in getting the recently-introduced half-fare ride in public transports. Besides, having this historic institution’s ID cards is also a matter of pride for the students. Transport operators have recently agreed to accept half-fare from students at every level provided they can show their IDs issued by their educational institutions. Most of the students without ID cards are from the social science faculty consisting 16 departments.