United News of Bangladesh

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, on Sunday continues its demonstration in front of Nirbachan Bhaban protesting the Election Commission’s ‘biased and controversial’ role ahead of the upcoming national election slated for February 12 next. JCD activists staged a sit-in programme at 10:00am in front of the Nirbachan Bhaban in the city’s Agargaon area, protesting the EC’s role and raising three allegations against the commission related to the issues including the postal ballots and the SUCSU election. The JCD leaders accused the EC’s biased and questionable decisions on postal ballots, which have raised serious doubts about the impartiality of the election process.

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) staged a black badge-wearing programme at Dhaka University (DU) on Wednesday, protesting the murder of  their activist Shammo and demanding the resignation of the Vice-Chancellor and proctor.  DU students hold torch procession to protest Shammo's death The protesters chanted various slogans demanding justice for Shammo and resignation of Vice Chancellor Niaz Ahmed Khan. “We are here to demand justice for Shammo’s murder. We want the resignation of the VC and the proctor,” said Jashim, an activist. On Wednesday night , A group of Dhaka University students under the banner of "Students Against Terrorism" brought out a torch procession on the campus Wednesday protesting the murder and demanding justice. Shammo, a student of the 2018–19 session at the Institute of Education and Research and literary and publication secretary of JCD’s AF Rahman Hall unit, was stabbed near Suhrawardy Udyan on Tuesday night. He was declared dead after being taken to hospital.  3 sent to jail over DU student killing