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JnU student commits suicide after posting note on Facebook
Fairuz Abantika, a student of the 2017-18 academic year of Jagannath University (JnU) Law Department, committed suicide by hanging herself after posting on Facebook.
Today, (March 15) around 10 pm, Fairuz first posted about her committing suicide post on Facebook. Then she committed suicide by hanging herself. Later she was immediately rescued and taken to the district headquarters hospital. The doctors at the hospital said that she was no more.
In the Facebook post, Abantika mentioned that her classmate Amman Siddique of her same department and assistant proctor Deen Islam would be responsible for her suicide. In her Facebook post, Abantika wrote, 'If I ever die by suicide, my classmate Amman Siddiqui and assistant proctor Deen Islam, who supported him, will be solely responsible for my death. I complained to Proctor's office that Amman was threatening me offline and also online but I did not get any benefit. Deen Islam scares me in many ways for the sake of Amman. He said that expelling me is very easy for him. I know I won't get any justice here.”
In her post, she also mentions, "I am asking the vice-chancellor Sadeka Halim ma'am to judge it as the guardian of this institution. And I am dying by hanging.”
The student Amman Siddique was contacted several times but could not be found.
However, Assistant Proctor Deen Islam, whose name is mentioned in the post, said, “I saw the girl almost one and a half years ago. Some of their classmates come to the proctor's office. At that time the then proctor Mustafa Kamal sir, myself and some other assistant proctors were in the office. The girl used to send SMS to her friends using a fake ID. We were told that a complaint had been filed with the police station. Later the girl confessed her guilt. Then her family members requested to withdraw the GD. Then all the proctorial team met and decided to keep her under observation for three months. GD will be withdrawn if there is no problem. I never spoke to the girl alone. CCTV footage or a written complaint in the proctor's office can also be understood. Please investigate the incident. Punish me if I am guilty. But please don't make me guilty in advance. Otherwise, I will have to commit suicide also.”
In this regard, Jagannath University Proctor Prof. Dr. Jahangir Hossain said, “We have learnt about the matter. The dead student accused one of our Proctoral Team members as responsible for her death. The Honourable Vice-Chancellor has orally given an order to suspend him temporarily. Further action will be taken subject to investigation in the legal process.”
Locals taking matters into their own hands as police fail to act on complaint against CU BCL unit
Locals in Hathazari have blocked the road out of Gate No. 1 and the Rail Crossing area of Chattogram University (CU) following an altercation with activists of ruling party student front Bangladesh Chhatra League's (BCL) CU unit.
CFC, a sub-group of CU BCL, blocked the main gate of the university over the incident today.
Tensions have been boiling over since Tuesday, when a chase and counter-chase took place between the CU BCL and locals following an altercation involving a local AL leader and BCL activists.
Following the tense situation, some agitated locals are now targeting and attacking general students of the university, reports our Chattogram correspondent.
Shahadat Hossain and Mayeesha (surname unknown), two students of the 2018-19 batch, were beaten up this afternoon in such an instance.
Locals alleged that the administration did not take any action over Tuesday's incident.
Locals said that when they went to file a case with Hathazari Police Station over Tuesday's incident, the case was not filed. No action has been taken against the students of the university involved, so they blocked the road in protest, they alleged.
Earlier on Tuesday, Bakhtiar Uddin, a local and also the president of Ward No. 2 Awami League of Fatehpur Union, was hit by a motorcycle of a university student at Gate No. 2 of the university.
An altercation ensued between Bakhtiar and the student. Bakhtiar also had an altercation with a BCL activist of the university who was present on the spot. At that time, there was a clash between Bakhtiar and BCL activists. Three people were injured.
It has been alleged that the students were beaten up in the wake of the incident.
Additional police have been deployed at Gate No. 2 of the university, said Rokon Uddin, Assistant Proctor of CU.
7 colleagues landed in jail over death of journo in Barguna
A Barguna court on Thursday sent seven members of Barguna Press Club to jail upon surrender in a case filed over the death of another journalist following an attack on Barguna Press Club on February 19.
Barguna Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Harun-Or-Rashid passed the order after rejecting a prayer for bail submitted by the defendants.
Those who landed in jail are Sohel Hafiz, Ariful Islam Murad, Md. Kashem Hawlader, Saiful Islam Miraz, Oliullah Imran, Sohag Hawlader and Sagir Hossain Titu.
Though a total of eight accused surrendered before the court with the bail prayer, the court only granted bail to Press Club General Secretary Jafar Hossain Hawlader, who had been in India during the attack.
Press Club’s seven members including its acting President Sohel Hafiz, members Ferdous Khan Emon and Saiful Islam Miraj were injured during the attack allegedly by deceased journo and also local Union Parishad member Masud Talukdar, his cohort Mushfiq Arif and others.
On February 29, the press club authorities filed a case naming 17 individuals and 50 unidentified individuals with the concerned police station.
In the case, the press club claimed so-called journalists Masud, Arif and their cohorts attacked the press club when most of its members had been in India on a tour.
Though journalist Masud had been hospitalised at Barishal Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital since the attack, he breathed his last while undergoing treatment on March 2.
On March 2, Masud’s wife Sajeda Saju filed a murder case accusing 12 journalists and another man in this connection.
Masud was the prime accused in the press club attack case.
JCD, Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, Chhatra Federation protest ‘BCL attack’ on DU law dept students
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".
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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.
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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.
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DU Law Dept Students say BCL men attacked their discussion
At Dhaka University's Bangabandhu Tower yesterday, an alleged attack by individuals identified as activists of Chhatra League left at least three Law Department students with significant injuries. The incident occurred following a religious discussion held by the students, say the victims.
The seriously injured, identified as Sakibuzzaman Turzo, Shahinoor Alam Russel, and Rafid Hasan Safwan, reported that the assault happened as they were exiting the Bangabandhu Tower mosque after a session focused on the significance of fasting during Ramadan.
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Eyewitnesses and employees of Bangabandhu Tower recounted that approximately 15 to 20 Law Department students gathered at the tower for Zuhr prayers. Following the prayers, they engaged in a discussion on various Ramadan-related topics.
The situation escalated when Sirajul Haque, President of the Bangabandhu Tower Employees' Association, accompanied by Tawhidul Islam Sujan, General Secretary of the Shahbagh Thana Chhatra League, demanded the students vacate the mosque premises. According to witnesses, the attack unfolded as the students attempted to leave, with Sujan and his associates confronting them at the exit.
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CCTV footage from the mosque and its surroundings corroborated the accounts provided by witnesses. One of the students, Rezowan Ahmed Rifat, shared, “We were immediately attacked upon exiting the mosque. Some of us, including myself, were physically assaulted. I sought refuge in a nearby Bangabandhu Tower residence with a friend, while Shahin, who sustained more severe injuries, was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.”
Efforts to reach Tawhidul Islam Sujan for comments were unsuccessful as he did not respond to calls.
Tanvir Hasan Saikat, General Secretary of the Dhaka University Chhatra League, commented on the incident, suggesting the involved students were holding a seminar and were linked to Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir, although they claimed to be part of a Tablighi group. He alleged that a confrontation started when residents objected to the seminar, leading to a physical altercation that was intervened by Chhatra League leaders.
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Saikat also expressed concerns over increasing activities by Jamaat, Shibir, and “militant organizations” within the university, accusing them of politicizing mosque spaces. He declared that the Dhaka University Chhatra League would intensify its campus activities to counter such groups.
DU Proctor Prof. Maksudur Rahman acknowledged awareness of the incident but noted that no official complaint had been filed. He assured that the university administration is investigating the matter further.
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'Katka tragedy day' observed at Khulna University
Khulna University observed the 20th anniversary of Katka tragedy on Wednesday on the campus to remember the students who were drowned in the sea near Katka of the Sundarbans in 2004.
On March 13, 2004, eleven students, including nine of Khulna University and two of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, drowned in the sea while they were on a study tour there.
Programmes of the day included wearing of black badges at 10 am, mourning procession round the campus from Hadi Chattar at 10:15 am, laying of wreaths at Katka memorial on the campus, milad mehfil after Zohar prayers at the university mosque.
Apart from this, Iftar and dinner were served to orphans after Maghrib.
Vice-chancellor of Khulna University Professor Dr Mahmood Hossain led the mourning procession.
Among others, pro vice-chancellor of the university, Dr Mosammat Hosne Ara, Treasurer Professor Amit Roy Chowdhury, Dean of various schools, Registrar (Acting), Head of Architecture Discipline including Head of Discipline, Director of Student Affairs, Provost and Head of Department, teachers, students and officers of the University were also present.
Recruitment ‘anomaly’ at IU: Conversation between pro-VC, official goes viral
A general diary(GD) has been filed with Islamic University police station after the WhatsApp conversation between the university’s pro-vice-hancellor Professor M Mahbubur Rahman and its deputy registrar (admin) Chandan Kumar Das went viral on social media Facebook.
M Shohel Rana, the personal secretary of the pro-vice-chancellor, lodged the GD with the university police station on Monday, Islamic University police station officer-in-charge M Mamunur Rahman said on Wednesday.
According to the case statement, some screenshots of the WhatsApp containing conversation between pro-VC M Mahbubur Rahman and deputy registrar Chandan Kumar Das regarding the recruitment of a gardener in exchange of Tk 8 lakh went viral from a Facebook account named ‘IU Viral News’ on Sunday night.
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The screenshots were made as a part of conspiracy against the pro-vice-chancellor, the case statement said.
Professor M Mahbubur Rahman told UNB that the screenshots shared on social media were completely ‘false’ and ‘fabricated’. A vested quarter tried to harm his career by spreading the false information, he alleged.
Earlier, a total of 14 audio clips containing conversations between IU vice-chancellor professor Shaikh Abdus Salam and different persons went viral on social media from February 16 to June 13 last year.
IU acting registrar HM Ali Hasan filed a GD after an audio conversation between IU VC and a jobseeker of the university’s Mass Communication and Journalism Department had gone viral on February 17.
On March 14, 2023, another audio clip of conversation between HM Ali Hasan and a contractor went viral on social media.
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On November 22, several audio conversations among Awami League-backed student organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League Islamic University unit president Faisal Siddike Arafat, its general secretary Nasim Ahmed Joy and a person went viral on social media Facebook.
Silent protest held at JnU against Iftar party ban at SUST, NUST
The common students of Jagannath University staged a mass Iftar program in protest against the university authorities' ban on Iftar parties at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and Noakhali University of Science and Technology.
On Tuesday (March 12), the first day of Ramadan, the students organized Iftar at the central Shaheed Minar premises of the university.
Shihab Hossain, a student of economics department, said, “Two university administrations of the country have banned Iftar parties in their campuses. They are trying to eliminate Islamic cultures from the country. We protested against him and common students united and had Iftar. We will tell the administrations of those two universities to withdraw their orders. I also hope that no other university administration should take such a decision.”
Saurabh Ghosh, a Hindu student who participated in Iftar, said, “I participate in Iftar with my friends every year during Ramadan. I think one of the ways to express a secular attitude is to associate oneself with all religious practices. Ramadan comes after one year and everyone should welcome this month.”
Earlier, ordinary students protested against the banning of Iftar parties in universities. However, due to not taking permission from the administration, they observed it in short.
Schools to remain open till March 25: Education Ministry
The government has taken a decision to continue the classes of secondary level schools till March 25 during the month of Ramadan.
On December 13, the government amended the holiday list for educational institutions keeping the regular activities of secondary schools open for 15 days during the month of Ramadan.
According to the new decision, the classes of all government and private schools under secondary level will continue till March 25, said a handout signed by Mohammad Abul Khayer, public relation officer of the Education Ministry.
Earlier in the day, the Appellate Division stayed the High Court order on keeping the primary and secondary schools closed during the month of Ramadan.
A 5-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order hearing an appeal filed against the High Court order.
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin stood for the state while Advocate AKM Faiz stood for the writ petitioner.
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin told reporters that following the Appellate Division order there will be no bar on running schools during Ramadan.
On March 10, the HC stayed for two months the government’s decision to keep the primary and secondary schools open in the first 10 and 15 days of Ramadan respectively.
Advocate Md Ilias Ali Mandal, a guardian, filed a writ petition on February 25, challenging the two orders of the government.
Secretaries to the Primary and Mass Education Ministry, Education Ministry, deputy secretary of Primary and Mass Education Ministry and deputy secretary of Education Ministry, Director General of the Directorate of Primary Education Department, Director of Child Welfare Trust were made respondents.
School closure during Ramadan: Hearing in Appellate Division set for Tuesday
The chamber judge of the Appellate Division has upheld a High Court order that ordered the closure of primary and secondary schools during the month of Ramadan.
At the same time, the court fixed tomorrow (Tuesday) for the hearing.
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the state seeking a stay on the HC order. Attorney General AM Amin Uddin stood for the state.
Earlier on Sunday, the High Court stayed a decision to keep primary and secondary schools open during Ramadan. The HC bench of Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by a student's guardian.
Earlier on February 8, the Ministry of Education decided to keep the secondary level schools open for 15 days during Ramadan by partially amending the holiday list and education calendar. It was notified in a notification signed by Mohammad Abul Khair, Information and Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education.
In another notification, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education said that classes will continue for 10 days in primary schools during Ramadan.
According to the Ministry of Education notification, it was decided to continue class activities of public/private secondary and lower secondary schools for a total of 15 days from March 11 to 25.
On February 25, Adv Elias Ali Mondal, a guardian of a student filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the decision to keep primary and secondary schools open during Ramadan.
The secretaries to the ministries of primary and mass education, deputy secretaries to the ministries of primary and mass education, deputy secretaries to education, director general of the Directorate of Primary Education, and director of the Child Welfare Trust have been made respondents to it. The hearing on the writ was held on Sunday.