The students of Institute of Fine Arts of Chattogram University (CU) Wednesday locked its main gate demanding shifting of the institute to the university’s main campus. The students took position at the main gate of the institute in the city around 11am today. All academic activities have come to a standstill at the institute following their protest. Read more: 22-point demand: CU fine arts students on indefinite class boycott No teachers’ bus and staff could enter the campus since morning due to the protest. The students have been staging demonstrations since November 2 to press home their 22-point demand, including renovation of dormitories and the library.

Chattogram University will resume physical classes for all students from February 22 after one month of closure maintaining proper health rules. The CU authorities said all the pre-scheduled examinations will be taken and all official activities will continue from Tuesday, in a press release issued on Saturday. READ:  SUST to resume classes online from Tuesday However, it prohibited  arranging any kind of program other than official meetings, exams and classes that may create crowd on the campus. The authorities also asked all students to carry their Covid-19 vaccine certificates. On January 21, the CU authority decided to take classes online considering the worsening Covid-19 situation. READ:  DU to resume physical classes from Feb 22 The university halls for students remained open during the closure.

At least 12 students were injured in a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League's (BCL) Chittagong University (CU) unit in the small hours of Wednesday. All the injured received primary treatment at the university medical centre. Of them, three critically injured were subsequently sent to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital. Eye-witnesses told UNB that supporters of the two groups -- 'Bijoy' and 'CFC' -- clashed with each other for an hour, from 12am to 1am, over establishing dominance at CU. Activists of the 'Bijoy' group gathered in front of Suhrawardy Hall, while 'CFC' group supporters were waiting at Shah Amanat Hall, our local correspondent reports. Members of both the groups were armed with sharp weapons and eventually attacked each other, resulting in a clash that left their 12 of their supporters injured. Read: Torch procession held at RU in solidarity with students of SUST Police and the CU proctorial body rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control around 1am, sources said. "The situation is now under control," said Shahidul Islam, acting proctor of the university. Earlier, on January 13, Sheikh Nazmul Islam, deputy cultural affairs secretary of the Central Student League, and Haider Mohammad, training secretary, went to the campus but the activists didn't allow them to enter.  

Police on Monday recovered the hanging body of a  Chattogram University (CU) student from a cottage(privately owned) near the campus. The deceased was identified as Anik Chakma, a student of Marine Science and Fisheries department’s 2018-19 session and a resident of Rangamati district. His body was recovered around 1 pm from room-212 of S Alam cottage located on the opposite side of Shahjalal Hall, said Md Kabir Hossain, in-charge of university’s police outpost. Also read: Body of youth gunned down by Indian found near Sylhet border According to some CU students, Anik was alone in the room on Sunday night as none of his roommates were staying there. Upon getting no response from him till 11 am on Monday the students informed police and they recovered his body hanging from the  ceiling fan. Abu Tayeb, head of CU Medical Center said Anik might have killed himself  at night. Also read: Man’s body found inside a sack by Shitalakshya Md Kabir Hossain  said the body was sent to a hospital morgue for an autopsy.

A rare fishing cat, locally known as ‘mechho bagh’, was captured in Azimnagar village of Fatikchhari upazila on Monday night. Upazila Nirbahi officer (UNO) Sayedul Arefin said Tuesday that local people spotted the fishing cat near a water body close to the house of a person named Enam Saudagor. Read:10 India returnees test negative for Covid-19: Chattogram Civil Surgeon They managed to capture the fishing cat after two hours of frantic efforts and handed over the animal to the forest department. Prof Manjurul Kibria of Zoology Department at Chattogram University, said, 'Fishing cats are on the brink of extinction due to their depleting habitat. They feed on fish and are usually found in hilly areas and near rivers." On April 13, a number of fishing cats were found roaming around the house of a man named Azam Talukdar in Uttar Nischintapur area of the upazila.  

The authorities of Chattogram University put the  campus under 14-day lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.   Confirming that matter,  Registrar of the university Professor SM Monirul Hasan, said the decision came from an emergency meeting of the syndicate members with Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Shirin Akhter.   He said Chittagong University has been locked down for 14 days from July 4-18 due to rapid transmission of coronavirus on the CU campus.

A mobile court here on Wednesday sentenced a young man to one month imprisonment for stalking a female student of Chattogram University (CU) on the shuttle train.