On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the Dhaka University branch of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the BNP's student front, organised an open discussion titled "Future thoughts on human rights in Bangladesh and the role of student society". The event was held at the historic Bottola near the Faculty of Arts building of Dhaka University on Tuesday. In the discussion, the speakers highlighted various human rights violations during the Awami League's rule, including abductions and killings, and expressed their commitment to fight for human rights in the future. To the anti-discrimination student movement, Rakibul Islam Rakib, President of Chhatra Dal, said, "It is sad that on 'World Human Rights Day,' we did not see any program from them. This is a sign of narrow-mindedness. If any program is organized for Human Rights Day, Chhatra Dal's heroism must be mentioned. Chhatra Dal has been active on every campus, on the streets for the last 15 years. When you hear about abductions, you will hear the voices of families of Chhatra Dal who lost loved ones in these abductions. The student society will be compelled to acknowledge that the stage for this July-August has been prepared on the blood of Chhatra Dal." He added, "At the Dhaka University campus, at the Aparajeyo Bangla, in front of the Raju sculpture, Chhatra Dal has faced hundreds of attacks from the Chhatra League. Chhatra Dal at Dhaka University and its various leaders and activists have been severely tortured, many have become disabled, and many could not complete their education. We demand that the perpetrators of these attacks be brought to justice." "For the last 15 years, Chhatra Dal had limited access to campus. During this time, we have not been able to stand by ordinary students through our activities. We have just begun our activities, and we appeal to the university administration to ensure that Chhatra Dal can reach its goals and objectives to the general students." Professor Mohammad Murshed Hasan Khan from the Department of Marketing at Dhaka University spoke about the oppression of the Zia family and himself during Sheikh Hasina's rule. He said, "False cases were filed against leader Khaleda Zia and she was imprisoned for years. During the one-eleven regime, Khaleda Zia's son, Arafat Rahman Khuku, passed away due to the torture inflicted on him. The barbarity conducted under the direction of Sheikh Hasina during the one-eleven government on Tarique Rahman to kill him surpassed even medieval times." Read: 3 JCD leaders suspended for breaching discipline in Barishal He added, "'Ziaur Rahman is the announcer of independence'. For saying this, I was terminated from Dhaka University under Sheikh Hasina’s orders. My wife, who was suffering from cancer, was thrown out of the university dormitory on a one-day notice. 27 cases were filed against me including 2 traitor charges. The police used to harass my parents at my house in Uttara." Murshed demanded justice for the torture he suffered, saying, "The government must address this, or else the independence won by the blood of the people will fail, and no one should ever face such oppression again." He further added, "The Dhaka University administration is still working with the fascists of the Awami League. Through this administration, fascist have been recruited." He urged Chhatra Dal to stay vigilant and protest.  

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s Dhaka University unit has announced its full committee comprising 242 members. Ganesh Chandra Roy Sahos, a student from the 2010-11 session of the university, was made the President and Nahiduzzaman Shipon, a student from the 2011-12 session,  made the general secretary. This information was shared through a press release on Thursday. According to the release, following the decision of the central committee of JCD, the full committee for its Dhaka University unit has been formed. JCD President Rakibul Islam Rakib and General Secretary Nasir Uddin Nasir approved the committee. Other key positions include organising secretary Nur Alam Bhuiyan Emon, office secretary Mallik Wasi Uddin Tami and  publicity secretary Tanveer Hasan.

The leaders of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the BNP, have cleaned the premises of Ziaur Rahman's grave in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. Around 30 JCD leaders, led by the organisation’s joint general secretary, Raju Ahmed, conducted the cleanliness drive on Saturday morning. Raju said the grave of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman had been neglected and left unprotected during what he termed the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina. He also said once visitors had faced obstacles while trying to pay their respects to Zia and offer fateha on the grave premises. The JCD leader mentioned that they took the initiative to clean the premises of Zia's grave out of a sense of organisational responsibility. He emphasised their commitment to upholding the ideals of the late President Ziaur Rahman and working towards nation-building under the leadership of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman.

At least three student organisations have protested the "Chhatra League attack" on a group of students in front of Bangabandhu Tower on Dhaka University campus. Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad and Bangladesh Chhatra Federation issued official protest notifications late last night against "BCL’s attack" earlier yesterday, calling it "heinous". DU Law Dept Students say BCL men attacked their discussion JCD’s notification -- signed by its DU unit president Gonsesh Chandra Ray Sahos and general secretary Nahiduzzaman Sipon -- reads, “Awami League’s student wing BCL thinks that everyone must follow the ideals of BCL and no one can oppose their ideology. That’s why they want to eradicate other ideologies by oppressing them. Such behaviour is nothing but a sign of fascism. We are protesting this heinous attack on students.” Central President of Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, Bin Yamin Molla, and General Secretary, Ariful Islam Adeeb, also condemned the attack and issued a notification on behalf of the organisation. “Chhatra League has created a reign of terror in the last 15 years. The latest of which is today's (yesterday) attack on a discussion about Ramadan at DU,” the notification reads. DU students protest SUST, NUST decision to ban Iftar parties Demanding immediate identification of the attackers and legal action against the culprits, they called upon all students across the country to stand against the "violent politics" of Chhatra League and strongly condemn such attacks. Following the attack, students of DU's Law Department staged an immediate protest rally at the base of Raju Bhashkorjo at 5:20 pm on Wednesday as all the attacked students are from the Law department’s 48 batch. Abrar Fahad event row: Protest rally held at Dhaka University

Police arrested a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist after two crude bombs were thrown at a police vehicle at the House Building area of Dhaka’s Uttara on Sunday morning (November 05, 2023). The arrestee was identified as GM Hasan, also former vice president of JCD's Gazipur city unit. Read: 11 BNP leaders-activists arrested in Narail The incident took place in front of Pubali Bank in Uttara’s House Building area at around 7:30am. Confirming the incident, Inspector (Operations) Partha Pratim Brahmachari of Uttara West Police Station, said miscreants threw two crude bombs targeting a police vehicle which was deployed in the area to tackle any untoward situation. One of the crude bombs exploded upon impact. Later, the law enforcers chased and arrested JCD activist involved in the attack, said Inspector Partha. Read: Six members of a Rohingya family arrested with 6,275 Yaba pills at HSIA The unexploded crude bomb was recovered from the spot, he added. Picketing and arson violence were reported across the capital since this morning amid the road, rail and waterways blockade for 48 hours called by BNP, Jamaat and like-minded opposition parties across the country.

Four Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists were detained from a protest march - called in response to the recent attack on a JCD  leader Nadia Nusrat allegedly by Chhatra League men and her subsequent arrest on false charges in Feni. Sala Uddin Mamun, president of Feni district Chhatra Dal, said as part of their peaceful program, a procession was initiated, commencing from the trunk road and moving through Shaheed Shahidullah Qaiser Road. Also Read: Narsingdi JCD killings: BNP central leader Khokan, his wife among 70 implicated Police baton-charged their procession and detained four activists, he said. The detainees are Mohammad Yasin, Sharif, Jasim, and Hriday. Feni district Chhatra Dal's general secretary, Morshed Alam Milan, said 15-20 JCD activists were injured in the incident. Also Read: BCL attack injures five JCD members “During our peaceful program, the police unexpectedly started baton charging and arrested four people,” he said. According to the police, the clash between two factions of Chhatra Dal erupted during the procession, compelling them to employ baton charges to control the situation. Also Read: Over 150 sued in two cases filed over Chhatra Dal’s factional clash in Brahmanbaria Officer-in-Charge of Feni Model Police Station, Nizam Uddin, said, “When two groups of Chhatra Dal began clashing during the procession, the police arrested four individuals through baton charge to restore order” A case is being prepared regarding this incident, he added.  

Two activists of the Dhaka University unit of BNP student front JCD have allegedly been beaten up by some ruling party student front BCL activists at TSC area. The two injured are Mahmudul Hasan, JCD activist of Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall unit and Zubair Ali, JCD activist of Jasimuddin Hall Unit. Mahmudul was previously the president of Islami Chhatra Andolon, the student wing of Islami Andolon Bangladesh. But he involved himself in JCD politics from last year. Read more: 35 hurt in BCL-JCD clash in Dhaka Eyewitnesses said that at noon Mahmudul Hasan and Zubair Ali were sitting in a tea stall of TSC. At 1:10 PM, a group of BCL leaders and activists came in front of Janata Bank. Seeing them, Mahmudul and Zubair got up from the shop and started walking. Then BCL leaders and activists chased them and later beat them when they were caught at the edge of TSC. They were then beaten first there and then in front of the Raju monument. Mahmudul Hasan said, "Chhatra League leaders and activists beat me and my younger brother (Zubair) for no reason. They punched us all over the body. Later, BCL leaders and activists took me near Hakim Chattar and started making videos asking me to confess about supporting Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal. At one stage they forced me to chant 'Joy Bangla' slogans but I did not chant." He also alleged that the attack was carried out on the order of DU Chhatra League general secretary Tanbir Hasan Saikat. Read more: BCL leaders apprehend 5 JCD activists on DU campus, hand them over to police on ‘sabotage suspicion’ Ariful Islam, General Secretary of the DU JCD said, "Injured Mahmudul and Zubair have received primary treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. We strongly condemn and protest this attack and act of terrorism." "Chhatra League is acting as a terrorist organization on the campus and torturing general students and students of other active student organizations in a medieval style," he added. However, Tanbir Hasan denied the accusation of ordering the attack. He said, "No one from Chhatra League is involved in this incident. Chhatra League is against extremism. If someone wants to beat people on the campus in the name of politics, BCL will give them a sharp reply."

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists of Dhaka University unit beat up some Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists when they attempted to enter the campus around 10 am this morning. The incident took place in front of Sir AF Rahman Hall. Later, the JCD activists were handed over to the Shahbagh police station on “suspicion of sabotage”. Riazul Islam, President of Sir AF Rahman Hall Chhatra League unit, said, “After checking their mobile phones, we were confirmed that they were JCD activists, and we handed them over to the police.” Read more: BNP activists, locals complain of internet service disruption in and around Golapbagh rally venue

A leader of the opposition BNP’s student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal was shot to death in a clash between police and supports of the party over the arrest of one of their leaders in Bancharampur upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon. Several people including six cops and BNP men were also injured in the clash while two BNP men were detained in this connection. The deceased was identified as Nayon Miah, 22, vice president of Sonarampur union parishad unit JCD and son of Rahmat Ullah of Charshibpur under the upazila. The injured cops— Bancharampur police station’s OC Nure Alam, inspector Tarun Kanti Dey, Sub-Inspector (SI) Afzal Hossain, Bikiron Chakma, Constables Shafiqul Islam and Biswajit Chandra Das.   The BNP sources said they distributed leaflets among general people to woo them to join their Cumilla’s grand rally slated for November 26.   After the publicity, they brought out a procession led by local leader VP Sayeduzzaman from the Molla Bari area and again gathered there after parading several roads. Meanwhile, a team of police led by the OC took a position in front of the Bari and tried to pick Sayeduzzaman up from the spot while the BNP men were resisting. At one stage, the police and the BNP men locked into an altercation which resulted in pelting brickbats and opening several rounds of bullets around 4pm, they claimed.   Nayon fell down on the earth after being hit by a bullet and several others also sustained injuries in the attack, Mohammad Delwar Hossain, general secretary of Rupozdi union unit BNP under the upazila, said this while talking to media at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). He came to the hospital taking the injured JCD leader.     He was first rushed to Bancharampur Upazila Health Complex. Later he was shifted to the DMCH where physicians pronounced him dead on arrival around 7:30pm, Bachhu Mia, inspector of the DMCH police outpost, confirmed.   The body was kept at the morgue for autopsy, he added. Read more: Police: Munshiganj Jubo Dal activist Shaon died from head injury, not from bullets Fozayel Chowdhury, the convener of the district unit JCD, claimed that their fellow died in the firing from the police while they were distributing leaflets. Police detained two BNP men—Rafiqul Islam and Saidur Rahman from the spot, he said. OC Nure Alam said that the BNP men pelted brickbat targeting police without any provocation when they went there. Besides, they tried to snatch arms away from the cops forcing the cops to fire for self-safety, the OC claimed. “Six cops including me were injured in the attack by the BNP men, besides a BNP man was also injured,” he said, adding that they detained two BNP men in connection with the attack. Molla Md Shaheen, additional superintendent of the police, confirmed the death news of the JCD leader. An additional force was deployed in and around the area to ward off any untoward incident further, he added. Read more: Case filed over Sylhet BNP leader's murder

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday urged the students to play the key role in establishing the polls-time neutral government and unseating the current regime through a strong movement.  “The challenge before us now is to oust this government. Our main demands will be the resignation of the government, dissolution of parliament and the installation of the non-party caretaker government to hold a credible election,” he said Speaking at a rally, the BNP leader recalled that Ayub Khan was ousted during the Pakistan period through a revolution of mass people and students.  “The students played a pivotal role in that movement. The same way students saved the people of Bangladesh by ensuring the fall of despotic ruler Ershad in 1990 under the leadership of Chhatra Dal.” Read more: Attack on JCD: BNP demands DU VC's removal “The current autocratic regime will not go away easily…So, Chhatra Dal has to play the key role in restoring democracy and establishing the caretaker government by overthrowing this dictatorial Awami League government as they did during the anti-Ershad movement,” he said. Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) arranged the programme in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office, marking what BNP calls ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’ marking the ‘civil-military uprising’ on November 7, 1975. Though the rally was scheduled to begin at 2pm, thousands of JCD leaders and activists from different parts of the capital thronged Nayapaltan by noon, halting traffic on both sides of the road in front of the BNP office, causing immense suffering to commuters. Mosharraf, a BNP standing committee member, said the Awami League government fears BNP and the party’s leaders as it has been staying in power by snatching the votes of people on the previous night of the election day in 2018. “Awami League has tried to run the country by giving lip services, but it has failed to do so. This party has annihilated democracy and brought the economy to the brink of destruction through plundering,” he observed. The BNP leader said Bangladesh is now facing a shortage of dollars due to the widespread corruption and looting by the current regime. “The people have got fed up with the current government’s misrule amid the growing price hikes in daily essentials and fuel and loadshedding of power. So, people of entire Bangladesh have got united to protect the country from the grasp of the current government,” he said. Mosharraf said people are participating in BNP’s rallies spontaneously braving all obstacles to register their protest against misrule. Read more: JCD leader’s death: BNP calls hartal in Bhola for Thursday  “No barrier could stop our rallies. We believe the way the people across the country have made all the rallies successful by defying all the barriers, the rally of Dhaka will be successful in the same way,” he said.