Former BCL leader beaten to death on JU campus
A former leader of Jahangirnagar University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of Awami League, was beaten to death by students of the university on the campus on Wednesday night...
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Govt has issues to address to maintain law and order
THE death of a former leader of the Chhatra League, the student wing of the Awami League, in a case of lynching is unacceptable. The incident shows that the interim government has a number of issues to attend to in keeping law and order. The former Chhatra League leader, who worked as a section officer at the University of Rajshahi, was beaten by a mob...
Joy demands punishment for killers of ex-BCL leader Masud in Rajshahi
Awami League president Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, on Monday demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the killers of Abdullah Al Masud, a former leader of Chhatra League at Rajshahi University...
Ex-BCL leader beaten to death in Rajshahi
A former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the Awami League-backed student organisation, was beaten to death by local people in Rajshahi early Sunday.
Nine JnU female BCL activists declared 鈥榰nwanted鈥�
The students from Jagannath University鈥檚 Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall declared nine female activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of...
Dead BCL leader sued in Jamalpur
A Bangladesh Chhatra League leader, who died of cancer in Jamalpur two years ago, had been named in a case filed after the fall of Awami League government, his family said.
AL leader get life term for killing BCL leader
A Rajshahi court has sentenced a local leader of Awami League to life term imprisonment for killing a leader of the party鈥檚 student front Bangladesh Chhatra League two years back...
Dead BCL leader sued in Jamalpur
A Bangladesh Chhatra League leader, who died of cancer in Jamalpur two years ago, had been named in a case filed after the fall of Awami League government, his family said....
Case filed against dead BCL leader in Jamalpur
A Bangladesh Chhatra League leader who died of cancer in Jamalpur two years ago has been named in a case filed after the fall of Awami League government, his family said...
Why Abrar鈥檚 family won鈥檛 be given Tk聽10cr: HC
The High Court on Tuesday issued a directive to the interim government, asking why it should not be ordered to pay Tk聽10 crore in compensation to the parents of Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology...
BCL extortionists impersonate Juba Dal activists, prosecuted
A case was filed against five Awami League鈥檚 student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League activists on Sunday with the Gulshan police station for the allegations of collecting tolls using the name of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 youth wing Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal...
Two RU students assaulted for taking part in movement
Leaders and workers of Bangladesh Awami League and its students鈥� wing Bangladesh Chhatra League assaulted two students of Rajshahi University as they took part in the Anti-discrimination student movement...
A liberation for Bangladesh, a lesson far beyond
AS A Malaysian who has frequented Bangladesh over the last 15 years, there is a huge soft spot in my heart for this country. Over more than a decade, I have come to love Bangladeshi people, food, culture and language; I can now even speak some Bangla! (well, basic Bangla which is probably equivalent to the fluency of a 3-year old Bengali kid)...
BU expels 2 BCL activists, suspends one
Barishal University has cancelled the studentship of two Bangladesh Chhatra League activists and suspended another activist on allegation of torturing a student. ...
Extortionists kill BCL activist Gournadi聽 聽
An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of the immediate past ruling party Awami League, was beaten to death allegedly for not paying the extortion money demanded from him in Gournadi upazila of Barishal....
Palak, Tuku arrested in Dhaka
Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Wednesday arrested former state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak, former deputy speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku and Dhaka University Chhatra League general secretary Tanvir Hasan Saikat.
Weapons found in RU BCL leader鈥檚 room
Locally made weapons and drugs were recovered from the room of a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader at Nawab Abdul Latif Hall of Rajshahi University on Sunday...
Ex-Chhatra League leader detained at airport
Law enforcers detained former general secretary of Chattogram city unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League Nurul Azim Rony at Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport in Dhaka while leaving Bangladesh early Friday.
Sheikh Kamal鈥檚 75th birth anniv today
The 75th birth anniversary of valiant freedom fighter Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of the founding president of the country Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed on Monday...
Students demand justice amidst massacre
SHEIKH Hasina鈥檚 government is now under fire for what many are calling a war against her own people. In the past week alone, more than 200 people were reportedly killed in a brutal crackdown on protests. The government deployed helmeted forces, the Chhatra League, the army, the police and border guards using armoured vehicles and helicopters...
Quader faces wrath of ex-BCL leaders at party office
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday felt embarrassed at a programme at party鈥檚 Bangabandhu Avenue central office as former leaders of the ruling Awami League-backed Chhatra League made a commotion while he was speaking to the media instead of exchanging views with the leaders...
Govt should restrain Chhatra League, heed students鈥� demands
ATTACKS by the Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, on protesting students again at Barishal University on July 29 are deplorable. The attacks left at least 15 injured, nine of whom had to be sent to hospital. It was Chhatra League attacks on protesters on July 15 that forced a peaceful student movement into violence...
15 injured at Barishal University in alleged BCL attack
At least 15 students were injured in an alleged attack by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists at Barishal University.
Case filed for throwing BCL workers from roof in Ctg
Another new case was filed with the Panchlaish police station for throwing Bangladesh Chhatra League activists from a six-storied building in the city鈥檚 Muradpur area during...
BRUR gives financial aid to family of Sayeed killed in police shooting
The authorities of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur gave financial assistance to the family of deceased quota reform movement organiser Abu Sayeed on...
Govt has a long way to go to effectively restore peace
THE government appears to have somewhat restored peace using coercion amidst the student protests that seek reforms in civil service job reservations, which began on July 1, and the unrest born out of the event. This is what appears to have been manifest in the expression, thought and remarks of government leaders and functionaries...
JU teacher resigns protesting at attack on students
An associate professor of Jahangirnagar University has resigned from his position protesting at 鈥榖rutal attacks鈥� on students by the government...
Everyone involved in recent violence to be brought to justice: Arafat
The state minister for information, Mohammad A Arafat, said on Wednesday that everyone involved in recent violence would be brought to justice following a thorough investigation by the judicial inquiry commission...
Killings and repression must stop
ON JUNE 5, a High Court bench declared illegal a government circular issued in 2018, which abolished the 30 per cent quota for the dependents of the freedom fighters. In protest, students from all institutions 鈥� schools to universities 鈥� started a non-violent movement, which was made violent by the attack on the protesters by the Chhatra League and the police...
Govt mustn鈥檛 use coercion to resolve quota reform protests
THE deployment of the army in aid of civil administration to contain the protests of the students who have legitimately sought reforms in civil service job reservations means that the government鈥檚 earlier employment of the ruling Awami League鈥檚 fronts Chhatra League and Juba League and the deployment of various law enforcement units, including the...