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BUET Row: BCL announces counter protest rally at Shahid Minar
Following the ongoing movement of BUET students against student politics in BUET campus, Bangladesh Chhatra League has announced a counter protest rally near BUET campus at central Sahid Minar.
The protest rally will be held at 11 am at the foot of central Sahid Minar, near the gate no. 6 of BUET campus.
Earlier, a group of 5 BUET students, who marked themselves as the ‘people of pro-liberation war’, organize a press conference under the banner of ‘victim students’ in front of BUET Shahid Minar at 3pm where they claimed that they are under pressure and do not feel safe in the campus only because they contain the sprit of liberation war or support the organization that support the liberation war.
They also claimed that communal forces like Hijbut Tahrir and Shibir are actively working in the BUET campus and revealed a list of some ‘Shibir activists.’
“We have not conducted any kind of political activities in the campus and are not affiliated with any political organization, but in terms of ideology, we believe in the spirit of the
liberation war,” they said.
Immediately after the press conference BCL announced a protest rally on their official pad signed by BCL president Saddam Hussain and Sheikh Wali Asif Enan.
In the press release, BCL protested the suspension of Imtiaz Rahim Rabbi and marked BUET authority’s decision of banning students’ politics in the campus as ‘Undemocratic and violation of constitutional rights.’
After the declaration of suspension of Imtiaz Rahim Rabbi, the BCL leaders and activists of Dhaka University were seen very active and aggressive in the social media against BUET authority’s decision
UP member arrested over rape of school girl in Shariatpur
A union parishad (UP) member was arrested over the gang rape of a female school student in Shariatpur’s Naria upazila on Saturday.
Liton Laskar, 50, is a member of Ward 3 of the Kedarpur Union Parishad of the upazila.
Liton and Sanjay Majumder, a part-time teacher of the school, called the victim to the library after the school closed on Sunday (March 24) and raped her, said Shariatpur Additional Superintendent of Police (Naria Circle) Ahsan Habib.
According to the police, Liton, who is the general secretary of the school's managing committee and a member of Kedarpur Union Parishad, had been harassing the girl for a long time.
They threatened to kill the victim if she told anyone.
After going home, the victim did not tell anyone at first, but on Thursday, she informed her mother and aunt. Later, the student was admitted to Shariatpur Sadar Hospital.
On Friday afternoon, the victim's mother filed a case at Naria Police Station, accusing Liton and Sanjay. Later, police arrested UP member Liton from the Mulfatganj area.
Shariatpur ASP (Naria Circle) Ahsan Habib said efforts are underway to arrest the other accused, Sanjay.
College girl raped at gunpoint in Dhaka; Tangail AL leader Boro Monir sued
A college girl was allegedly raped by an Awami League leader of Tangail at gunpoint at his residence in Uttara area of the capital on Friday night.
The victim filed a case under Women and Children Repression and Prevention Act against him with Turag police station early Saturday, said the police station’s Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mostafa Anowar.
Accused Golam Kibria alias Boro Monir, vice president of the Tangail city unit AL, took the girl to his flat in Priyanka city residential area (R/A) in Uttara and raped her there, according to the case statement.
Receiving a call from national emergency service 999, police rescued the girl from the flat on Friday night but didn’t find the accused there during the drive, the OC said.
The victim’s mother alleged that a woman was involved in the rape incident.
She also alleged that police were dilly-dallying to take the case from Friday night and they were pressuring them to file a case against unidentified people.
OC Mostafa said legal action in this connection is underway.
Buet students continue protest for day 2 against BCL activities on campus
The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) continued their demonstration on Saturday against the alleged activities of Bangladesh Chhatra League activists on the campus where student politics is prohibited.
They boycotted all sorts of academic activities for the second consecutive day and demanded stricter action against those students who tried to revive student politics on the campus ignoring the ban.
They gathered in front of Dr. M A Rashid administrative building in the the morning chanted slogans against student politics.
On October 11, 2019, Buet authorities banned student politics after Abrar Fahad, a second-year student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, was beaten to death by a group of Chhatra League (BCL) activists at the university's Sher-e-Bangla Hall in the early hours of October 7.
Amid protests of general students, Buet authorities cancelled the hall allocation of Imtiaz Rahim Rabbi, a student of 21st batch of Civil Engineering department and also a member of BCL central panel, but no decision was taken about his expulsion as per the demand of the students.
The protesting students gave an ultimatum to the university authorities seeking expulsion of Imtiaz Rahim Rabbi within 2 pm today.
They also demanded expulsion of those students whom they identified by analysing CCTV footages. They are ASM Anas Ferdous (ID: 1818004), Mohammad Hasin Arman Nihal (ID:2106101), Aniruddha Majumdar (ID:2106079), Zohirul Islam Emon (ID:2112031) and Sayem Mahmud Sajedin Rifat (ID: 2106126) for violating the rules of the university.
Besides, the students asked the university authorities to clarify its stance regarding the entrance of BCL men in the midnight and use of the seminar room for political purposes as it requires permission from Directorate of Students' Welfare (DSW).
The students also sought resignation of Director of Student Welafare for ‘failing to do his duty and violating the regulation of the university’. They also declared to continue boycott of academic activities till March 31.
The Buet authorities assured the protesting students of forming a probe to investigate the matter on Friday.
In the midnight on March 28, BCL president Saddam Hussain along with other leaders and activists entered Buet campus when Imtiaz Rahim Rabbi, an executive member of BCL central panel, was present and allegedly played vital role in the entering of the BCL men.
Besides, some leaders and activists of the newly formed BCL committees gave floral wreaths to the president.
One of the gatemen of Buet seeking anonymity also confirmed the matter of using the auditorium in the midnight of March 28 by BCL leaders.
BUET students boycott academics to protest BCL being allowed back on campus
The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology(BUET) have boycotted all sorts of academic activities after witnessing the ruling party's student front, Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), staging a return to political activity on the campus.
BUET students have renounced student front politics on behalf of politicals parties on their campus since a group of BCL activists were implicated in torturing a bright and sensitive first year student, Abrar Fahad, till his death over the course of a macabre night on the BUET campus in 2019.
The BCL has since tried sporadically to bring politics back, or political programmes specifically, on the campus but met with resistance from the student body on each occasion, and the latest incident would seem to fall in that line of succession.
On Thursday, BCL president Saddam Hussain along with other central leaders and activists of BCL entered BUET campus where Imtiaz Rahim Rabbi, a BUET student and executive member of BCL central panel, was present and ‘played a vital role’ in facilitating their entry. Thereafter some leaders and activists of newly-formed BCL committees presented floral bouquets to the president.
The general students of BUET marked this entrance of BCL in a group as aimed at communicating their presence on the campus - to test the waters as it were, as part of a conspiracy to revive student politics on the BUET campus.
BUET students wasted no time in staging day-long demonstration on the campus demanding safe campus and strict measures against any BUET students found to have conspired with the BCL leaders.
Hundreds of students joined the demonstration expressing solidarity with the movement from the morning and held a press briefing there, where they declared their opposition to ‘using BUET campus for political motives’, and immediately boycotted all academic activities including the scheduled classes and exams of March 30 and 31.
Their demands include suspending any BUET students involved from halls and departments for violating the university’s regulations; specifically they demand action against 'involved' Imtiaz Rahim Rabbi.
They also asked for safety guarantees for those protesting, the BUET administration’s stance on the incident, safety and security of all the protesting students with assurances in a written format and making sure that they face no harassment. The students also demanded the resignation of the Directorate of Students’ Welfare's leadership, saying it has failed to do its job.
10,000 primary teachers to be recruited by June: state minister
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Rumana Ali said that ten thousand primary school teachers will be recruited within the month of June in the third phase.
She said this while visiting Comilla Victoria Government College centre on Friday, during the third phase of the primary teacher recruitment examination of Dhaka and Chattogram divisions.
Written exams for assistant teacher recruitment in Dhaka and Chattogram divisions started at 10 am on Friday and ended at 11 am.
DU admission test results for 2023-24 session published
Dhaka University authorities published the results of undergraduate admission test for 2023-24 session on Thursday afternoon.
DU Vice Chancellor prof. ASM Maksud Kamal unveiled the results from Prof. Abdul Motin Chowdhury virtual classroom of the university.
A total of 109,363 students took part in science unit admission test of the university of which 9,723 students passed against 1851 available seats.
Pratik Rasul, a student of Notre Dame College, secured the 1st position in the test obtaining 111.25 score out of 120.
In Arts, Law and Social Science unit, 102,000 students took part in the admission test against 2934 seats. Only 10, 275 students passed the test.
DU admission test results of all units to be published tomorrow
A female student from Khulna Govt M M City College named Priyoti Mondol, topped the merit list in this unit securing a total of 105.25 marks out of 120.
In Business Studies unit, a student of Chittagong Commerce College secured position in the test scoring 105.50 out of 120..
A total of 4,582 students passed the test and there are only 1050 seats under this unit.
For Fine Arts unit, 530 students passed the test of which only 130 students will be able to take admission.
Badhan Talukder of Bir Shreshtha Munsi Abdur Rauf college secured the 1st position in this unit obtaining total 98.15 score in the test.
The students who passed the tests were asked to fill up subject choice forms from University’s official website in between April 3 to April 25.
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Students can also download subject choice forms from April 1 for analysing subject and taking appropriate decision.
However, the DU VC also hinted that the classes of the new batches may start from July 1.
GD filed as job seeker offers bribe to IU VC
A general diary was filed with Islamic University police after a girl offered the university vice-chancellor Professor Shaikh Abdus Salam Tk 10 lakh as bribe for a job through a WhatsApp message.
The text message was sent to the IU VC’s personal WhatsApp number on Tuesday, a day before the recruitment tests for the computer operator and the computer typist held on the campus in Kushtia on Wednesday.
HM Ali Hasan, acting registrar at the University, filed the GD at Islamic University police station, said M Mamun Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of IU police station on Wednesday.
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According to the case statement, a job seeker named Mithi sent a text message to IU VC’s personal WhatsApp number requesting him to give her a job in exchange of Tk 10 lakh. Besides, she repeatedly requests the vice-chancellor to talk to her on WhatsApp
Taking the issue into consideration, a GD was filed with the police station in this regard, according to the case statement.
IU vice-chancellor Professor Shaikh Abdus Salam said that a girl named Mithi gave him a phone call on his WhatsApp number on Tuesday morning.
When he denied talking to her and cut off the phone call, the girl sent him a text message offering him Tk 10 lakh for a job at the university.
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The message was now seen deleted, said the VC, adding that it was a conspiracy against him.
Earlier, a total of 14 audio clips containing conversations between IU vice-chancellor professor Shaikh Abdus Salam and different persons went viral on social media from February 16 to June 13 last year.
DU admission test results of all units to be published tomorrow
Admission test results of all units of Dhaka University's undergraduate progamme of the academic year 2023-2024 will be published at 3.30 pm on March 28.
DU vice-chancellor Prof ASM Maksud Kamal will reveal the results from the Abdul Motin Chowdhury virtual classroom.
By providing information, applicants will be able to check their results at admission.eis.du.ac.bd website or use the short message service (SMS) available on any mobile operator.
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A press release issued by DU public relations office confirmed the information.
The admission test for Arts, Law and Social Science unit was held on February 23; for the Business Education unit on February 24, and the test for the Science unit was on March 1.
The test(Drawing and MCQ) for the Fine Arts unit was held on March 9.
EdUSA hosts Iftar reception for students accepted into US universities
A staggering number of 13,563 Bangladeshi students studied in the United States during the 2022–23 academic year, a 28 percent increase over the previous year (2021-2022).
The number of Bangladeshi students studying in the US is now at an all-time high, and Bangladesh ranks 13th worldwide in terms of international students heading to the United States.
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This was revealed during an iftar reception at the EMK Center in the capital’s Gulshan on Sunday.
However, a majority of general students and guardians have a common perception that students from Bangla mediums and HSC qualifiers have to hurdle through a rigorous process to get acceptance into US institutions, eventually leading them to pursue postgraduate opportunities rather than pursuing their undergraduate studies in the US.
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“I also had that perception until I applied for my undergraduate programmeme in the US,” Sazia Kamal, who completed her HSC in 2022 from Rajuk Uttara Model College and is going to the University of Cincinnati’s College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) BS programme in Biochemistry, told UNB.
Bangladeshi students have the option to pursue their undergraduate degrees in the United States through some easy and specific processes, without any difficulties. However, parents and other general students, mostly those from the Bengali medium, are generally not aware of this option.
EdUSA (Education USA), the US government’s only official source of information on higher education, is actively addressing this issue, working closely with high school counsellors and assisting qualified students to achieve their goal of higher education in the United States. This includes providing guidance on the visa process and reviewing their applications.
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“The entirety of the online undergrad application process is very easy, and anyone can apply to their selected institutions based on their preference of the majors with their Bangladeshi higher secondary results and the IELTS scores,” Sazia told UNB. She is a recipient of the International Outreach Award, the primary scholarship for international undergraduate students from the university.
The information was echoed by another successful applicant, Prottoy Roy, who completed his A Level from the SFX Greenherald International School. “I applied for the undergraduate programme in molecular biology at Brown University, and resources from EduUSA and the EMK Center helped me in the process.”
Rookshana Begum and Mohammad Shahnewaz, who joined the event on Sunday from Chattogram with their daughter Afra Nawar from the Presidency International School, said the high demand for a US degree is due to the exceptional quality of the US education system and the value placed on an American degree around the world, and this has been the motivation for them to send their daughter to the University of California (UCLA),”Afra completed her A Level in 2023 and received a full scholarship to pursue her undergraduate degree in psychobiology at UCLA.
The Iftar and dinner reception on Sunday hosted 30 students who recently obtained the opportunity to pursue their undergraduate dreams in the United States this year. Students and parents from 16 institutions in Dhaka and Chattogram joined the reception, with four being Bangla medium and 12 being English medium institutions.
Sharlina Hussain-Morgan, Public Engagement Director at the US Embassy in Bangladesh, and Stephen F Ibelli, Public Diplomacy Counsellor of the US Embassy, spoke at the event.