The outgoing Vice Chancellor of Chittagong University, Shireen Akhtar, was so entangled in corruption that the teachers of the university were demanding her resignation for a long time. After failing to get his appointment renewed for a second term despite all efforts, the former VC illegally appointed 37 employees on his last day in office. […]
JU Cell documents revealed that victims filed 14 complaints between January, 2022 and March, 2024. Of them, 12 have been disposed of while two are under investigation. In the resolved incidents, various types of punishments were given to the accused. A JU student was expelled for six months and fined Tk 50,000 for harassing a […]
Police complain that university officials do not provide timely information, an allegation rejected by Proctor Nurul Azim Sikdar. Proctor said CU officials provided information whenever police asked for it. Action will be taken once the investigation is completed.Of the four incidents, the one that took place on September 7 was the most discussed. Keeping in […]
The entrance examination for first year undergraduate (Honours) programs of Chittagong University will begin from March 2. CU officials have announced a new schedule of shuttle train for four days on the occasion of entrance examination. CU Proctor Nurul Azim Sikdar announced the new schedule of the shuttle train at a press conference on Wednesday. […]
The news has published the names and identities of 13 leaders and workers who were seen with knives during the clash. Four of them were leaders of the inactive committee of the BCL Chhatra League. They are: Khaled Massoud, Sultan Mehboob, Rubel Miah and Arafat Rehan. Others seen with weapons are Naim Arafat, Sabbir Hussain, […]
Around 60 knives, along with hockey sticks and other weapons, were used during the clash between rival CEC and 69. How can so many weapons be brought into a university hostel? Doesn’t the university administration have any responsibility to keep the campus free from weapons? There is no need that the so-called BCL leaders and […]
Mehdi Hassan, Arafat Rayhan and Amnon Ahmed claimed that they were not present at the scene during the clashes, while Anik and Naim Arafat could not be reached by phone. Mohammed Shamim said that when a member of his subgroup was hacked by a Sixty-Nine member, he took a knife in his hands but did […]
They were seen throwing bricks, stones and glass bottles and were using the doors of Shahjalal and Shah Amanat hostels and toilets as shields to protect themselves. Police and proctorial body were present on the spot. Earlier on Thursday night at 8 pm, there was a clash between the two groups over the trivial matter […]
It has been a long standing allegation that the authorities have no control over the university halls. There are total 1,088 seats. To capture these seats, BCL leaders were involved in clashes on at least 24 occasions in the last six years. At least 73 people were injured during these clashes. BCL does not have […]
A student of Chittagong University has accused a university professor of attempted rape. The student lodged a written complaint against the professor of a department of the Faculty of Science to the university’s vice-chancellor Shireen Akhtar on Wednesday afternoon. She alleged that the teacher sexually harassed, molested and attempted to rape her. Meanwhile, a group […]
Although no such recommendation was made by the law or Bangla departments of the university, the VC initiated the recruitment process of teachers under the special power given to him, and interviews of the candidates have already been conducted in the law departments, while the interviews has been postponed. Bengali department facing objections. CUTA put […]
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Beating up journalists: BCL’s old method of suppressing freedom of expression
The Central Committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has dissolved its Chittagong University (CU) unit committee. The decision was taken today. A press release signed by BCL president Saddam Hussain and general secretary Sheikh Wali Asif Inan said, “As per the decision taken in an emergency meeting of the Bangladesh Chhatra League Central Committee, the […]
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) people have attacked Prothom Alo Chittagong University correspondent Mosharraf Shah. Mosharraf said that people from BCL had threatened him not to write a report on BCL, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, while he was being beaten. He was attacked in front of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities […]