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DU Chhatra League hall conference on Sunday
A conference of 18 halls of Dhaka University Chhatra League will be held on Sunday at the Teachers and Students Centre, Sanjit Chandra Das, the president of DU Chhatra League, has said.
"We want those as leaders who will able to make this university a research ground, ready to sacrifice for the ideals of Bangabandhu and serve for the betterment of students because the DU halls are the roots of the Chhatra League", general secretary of DU Chhatra League Saddam Hussein said on Saturday.
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"If there is any allegation of misdeeds against any candidate, they will not be nominated as a leader. And the conference will be held maintaining all Covid-safety protocols," he added.
All other student organisations are invited to join the hall conference at TSC, the DU Chhatra League leaders said.
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Sanjit added: "The names of the hall committee of the Chhatra League will be declared within two to three days after the conference."
DU students demand end to bullying, harassment in guestrooms
Dhaka University (DU) students Thursday demanded that the authority takes action to banish the practice of bullying and harassment in the guestrooms of its dormitories.
Some students of DU's 2020-21 session staged a demonstration in the evening, forming a human chain in front of the Anti-Terrorism Raju Memorial Sculpture.
They demanded justice for Aktarul Islam Liton, a fresher of the mass communication and journalism department, who fell senseless in a guest room as a result of ragging yesterday.
Hassan Enam, a student of the Islamic history department, said: "The culture of abuse, humiliation, and harassment of first-year residential students by the senior students at guest rooms has to end."
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Nafisa Islam Sakafi, a student of the philosophy department, said: "The studentship of those who tortured our classmate Akhtar should be cancelled. We want the administration to take action to stop the practice of abuse at guestrooms."
Rifat Rashid, a student of the international relations department, said: "Many of us cannot afford to stay outside the dormitories. But we are being tortured and humiliated through this so-called guestroom culture."
‘World Film Manifesto Program’ at DU to showcase Emir Kusturica
The 132nd World Film Manifestation Program (WFMP) is going to be held at the Munier Chowdhury Auditorium of Dhaka University’s TSC starting from Sunday.
The event, organized by Dhaka University Chalachitra Sangsad, will end on Monday.
The purpose of this event is to introduce film lovers to the most admired films of all the famous filmmakers of the world.
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So far, 131 editions of WFMP have been organized since 2000. The upcoming 132nd iteration will feature the films of two-time ‘Palme d'Or’ award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica.
Four of Kusturica's films have been lined up for the event - screening two on each day. It starts Sunday at 3:30 pm with 'Black Cat, White Cat', followed by 'Underground' at 6pm.
Monday's line up consists of 'Arizona Dream,' a Surrealist comedy starring Hollywood star Johnny Depp, at the 3.30pm slot, followed at 6pm again by 'Time of the Gypsies,' for which Kusturica won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival.
Anyone can enjoy these films at free of cost as it is open for all.
Rally held at DU in solidarity with SUST students
Several leftist students’ organizations and teachers of Dhaka University staged a rally Friday in solidarity with the movement being waged by the students of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology in Sylhet.
The protesters demanded the removal of SUST Vice-Chancellor Professor Farid Uddin, trials of attacks on students and the withdrawal of cases filed against students.
Vice president of Gonotantrik Chhatra Council, Saidul Houqe Nishan, said, "Students just demanded their rights but SUST authority returned their demand by charging them and firing at them."
"Our government has the power to close all the educational institutions but it cannot remove a single VC who forced his students to be hospitalised by attacking them," he added.
Thanking all the participants, a former student of SUST said, "Police cannot enter an autonomous University without getting the permission of the Vice Chancellor and proctor. Then, how SUST students were attacked by police? The involvement of SUST authority is clear like daylights yet they are denying their involvement in the attack."
"Many students are falling sick as they go on hunger strike till the VC resigns and many students have already been hospitalized," he informed.
"This scenario is faced not in SUST only; every public university is in the same situation. University administrations become the spokesperson for the government," he regretted.
Pahari Chhatra Parishad central president Sunayan Chakma said, "A person who does not have self-respect, cannot be a teacher as well as a vice chancellor.
Referring to SUST VC, he asked, "If he had self-respect, he would have resigned from his post. How can he be a VC, who is unwanted by students?"
DU suspends physical classes till Feb 6
Dhaka University on Friday suspended all physical classes till February 6, following a Cabinet Division order in the wake of an alarming surge in Covid cases in the country.
However, all online education activities will continue with the participation of teachers and students, the prestigious university said in a statement.
All offices of the university will remain open on a limited scale during the period from 9am to 1pm. All emergency services -- electricity, water, gas, internet, healthcare -- on the campus will also remain uninterrupted, according to the statement.
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DU authorities advised students to stay in their respective dormitories adhering to all Covid-safety protocols and avoid all public gatherings. The authorities also urged all concerned not to arrange meetings or seminars on the university campus.
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"If we close dormitories, students will get scattered and the risk of spreading the virus will increase. So, we are not planning to shut the halls and dormitories," said Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman, Vice-Chancellor of DU.
DU struggles to manage parking problems on the campus
The century-old Dhaka University has plenty of problems: shortage of dormitory rooms for students, houses for teachers, poor water supply and waste management. Add to the list the parking woes.
Cars, motorcycles and cycles, parked on the road in front of the Arts Building and around it, are a common scenario. For lack of officially designated spaces many are forced to park their vehicles haphazardly.
"Usually, the university administration does not permit us to park here but exceptions are made in case of special guests and visitors," car driver Abu Hanif, who parked his car in front of Arts Building, said.
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Asked about car parking at Shadow, a corridor beside Arts Building where a space is allotted for parking, Abu Hanif said the space is too small to accommodate the increasing number of vehicles.
Another driver, Saiff Kader said, "It is a suitable space for us to park here. But the university administration does not allow us to stay here for long."
"Sometimes they file complaints too", 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.
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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.
‘Police action’ on SUST students: Protest rallies held at DU
Different student organisations staged demonstrations on Dhaka University campus on Monday protesting the ‘police action’ on the students of Shahajalal University of Science and Technology (SUST).
Pragatishil Student Jote, an alliance of left-leaning organisations, held a protest rally at the foot of anti-terrorism Raju memorial sculpture at around 12.30 pm to express their solidarity with of the protesting students of SUST.
Dipak Shil, General secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra Union, said, " We observed the 50th anniversary of our independence but out universities are still under the clutches of culprits. Yesterday, SUST VC ordered police action on the students. Earlier, they were attacked by Chhatra League men too."
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He condemned the attack on the students and demanded the removal of the SUST VC.
Killing of ex-DU teacher: Arrested mason remanded
A Gazipur court placed mason Anwarul Islam on a three-day remand on Saturday in a case over the killing of former professor of Dhaka University Saida Gaffar.
Gazipur Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court-2 Judge Mehedi Pavel Sweet passed the order after police produced the arrestee before it and sought a 10-day remand to interrogate him,said Dipankar Roy, sub-inspector of Kashimpur police station.
Saida Gaffar, a former Professor of Institute of Nutrition and Food Science of the university, was found dead at Kashimpur in Gazipur on Friday, two days after she had gone missing.
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The professor was buried on Friday night at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard, said her family.
Two injured as police charge batons on Qwwali rally
At least two activists of People Activists Coalition (PAC) were injured as police swung batons on their protest rally in front of National Museum on Thursday.
PAC organized the rally in front of the National Museum around 4 pm protesting the attack of Chhatra League on Qwwali Mahfil at TSC on Wednesday.
Police used batons to try to disperse the rally soon after the organisers opened the banner of the programme, said Ratul Mohammad, one of the organizing bodies of People Activist Coalition (PAC).
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