student-protest

The ‘complete shutdown’ at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) continued as students demanded the reinstatement of former Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem and cancellation of the gazette appointing the newly appointed vice chancellor. On Saturday, October 3, students brought out a protest march in the afternoon. From the program, they sought the prime minister’s intervention to resolve the issue. The CUET movement entered its 12th day on Saturda...

About a year ago, a group of students wrote “Shaheed Osman Hadi Hall” on the nameplate of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall at Dhaka University. However, as no final decision has been made to change the name, the hall administration is removing the writing. On Wednesday afternoon, September 30, workers were seen removing the writing from the hall’s nameplate and restoring the name “Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall.” No statement was available from the hall’s Provost Professor Akhtaruzzaman regarding t...

Former vice chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, has been shown arrested in an attempted murder case filed at Uttara West Police Station in the capital involving a July fighter. Standing in the dock during the hearing on his arrest, he said, “I was on the side of July.” After the hearing, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Md. Zakir Hossain ordered him shown arrested on Thursday. He was also sent to jail. Kalimullah was brought before the court th...