Dhaka University (DU) and the DU Chhatra League celebrated Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 102th birth anniversary in a different way this year -- by cutting a cake for the most pieces as the clock struck twelve.  DU vice chancellor Prof Dr Akhtaruzzaman and BCL president Al Nahiyan Khan Joy witnessed the cake-cutting ceremony at Jatir Janak Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman hall at 12am on Thursday. Read:What Was Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Childhood Like? Bangabandhu hall provost Prof Akram Hossen, BCL Bangabandhu hall Chhatra League president Mehedi Hasan Shanto and its general secretary Mahbubur Rahman were also present on the occasion. After the cake-cutting ceremony, the DU VC handed over awards to the winners of an essay-writing competition. The topic was "Above all parties: Universal Bangabandhu". Hasibul Hasan Hasib, a fourth-year student of the Bangla department, came first in the competition, while Nurul Huda from the same department and Nafis Sadik from the economics department secured the second and third positions, respectively. Thanking the hall administration for arranging such a programme, the DU VC said, "Bangabandhu is considered one of the greatest leaders in the world. Today, we are celebrating his 102th birth anniversary because we preserve his ideals in our hearts." Read: PM pays homage to Bangabandhu Bangabandhu was born in Tungipara  village of Gopalganj on this day in 1920. "Bangabandhu hall Chhatra League has lined up other activities like food distribution among the street children and supplication programme at the hall mosque after Asar prayer," the student wing of the ruling Awami League said in a release.

After a gap of five years, the primary hall committees of the Chhatra League's Dhaka University unit have been announced. The Central Chhatra League has declared the names of 18 hall presidents and general secretaries. Md Mehedi Hasan Shanto and Mahbubur Rahman have been nominated as the president and the general secretary, respectively, of Jatir Janak Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall. Md Sumon Khalifa and Lutfur Rahman are, respectively, the new president and the general secretary of Kabi Jasimuddin Hall. Similarly, Azharul Islam Mamun and Johirul Islam Shanto have been nominated as the president and general secretary, respectively, of Muktizoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall. Sajidur Rahman Sojib and Mohammad Yunus are the new president and the general secretary of Bijoy Ekattor Hall, while Mariyam Jahan Khan and Siam Rahman have been nominated as the leaders of Masterda Surya Sen Hall. Shahidul Haque and Mohammad Hossen are, respectively, the new president and the general secretary of the Haji Mohammad Muhsin Hall committee, while Kamal Uddin Rana has been nominated as the president of Sergeant Johrul Hoque Hall and Rubel Hossen its general secretary. On the AFR Hall committee, Riazul Islam and Munayem Shahriar Mun have been nominated as the leaders of the Chhatra League, while Kajal Das and Atnu Bormon are, respectively, the new president and the general secretary of Jagannath Hall. Read: DU students demand end to bullying, harassment in guestrooms Tanvir Shikdar has been nominated as the president of Salimullah Muslim Hall and Misat Sorkar as its general secretary. For Dr Mohammad Shohidullah Hall, Jahidul Islam and Sharif Ahmed Munim have been nominated as the president and the general secretary, respectively.  Similarly, Anwar Hasan Nayim and Abu Hasib Mukto have been nominated to the Fojlul Hoque Muslim Hall committee as the president and the general secretary, respectively. Enayet H Monon is the new president of Amar Ekushey hall and Emdadul Hasan Shohag its general secretary. Atika Binte Hossen and Antora Das Pritha have been nominated as the president and general secretary, respectively, of Begum Ruqayyah Hall, while Khadija Akter Urmi and Nusrat Rubaiyat Nila are the new leaders of Shamsunnahar Hall. For Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib hall, Kohinur Akter Rakhi and Sanjida Yasmin have been nominated as the president and the general secretary, respectively. Rajia Sultana Kotha and Jannatul Hawa Akhi are the new president and the general secretary, respectively, of Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall, while Puja Karmakar and Rima Aktet Doli have been nominated as leaders of the Kabi Sufiya Kamal Hall committee. "The new hall leaders have been asked to form the full committees at the earliest," general secretary of the Dhaka University Chhatra League, Saddam Hussein said.