Abrar Fahad
Abrar murder case to be moved to Speedy Trial Tribunal
The government has decided to transfer Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case from Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s court to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka to finish trial proceedings quickly.
Abrar Fahad killing: Fugitive Morshed Amartya surrenders
One of the four fugitives in Buet student Abrar Fahad killing case is sent to jail after he surrenders to a Dhaka court.
Abrar Murder: 4 fugitives' properties to be attached
A Dhaka court issues an order to attach properties of four fugitives in connection with Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case.
Abrar murder: Arrest warrant against 4 fugitive accused
A Dhaka court accepts the charge sheet against 25 accused in connection with a case filed over the killing of Buet student Abrar Fahad.
No to terrorism, communalism
With the murder of Abrar Fahad fresh in everyone’s minds, agitating students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology yesterday took an oath to resist terrorism and communal forces on the campus.
Abrar begged for water, not a drop given
While Abrar was being brutally beaten before his death, he repeatedly begged for some water to drink but was given even a drop, an accused in the case told journalists yesterday.
‘Abrar not allowed to drink water’
The BCL men, who beat up Buet student Abrar Fahad to death, did not allow him to drink water, says ASM Nazmus Sadat, an accused in the murder case.
Buet students vow to uproot terror activities on campus
Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) have taken an oath against terror activities on the campus.
Where is my failure?
In the aftermath of the gruesome murder of Abrar Fahad last week, Buet Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Saiful Islam says he thinks he had no failure in handling the situation.
He was loved by many
The small Roydanga Eidgah and the adjacent graveyard ground in Kushtia’s Raidanga village could hardly hold the influx of people who turned up for the funeral of Abrar Fahad yesterday.
Wednesday NIGHTMARE
Just before the start of their two-day weekend from Thursday, Buet students are supposed to get a breather from classes and exams on Wednesday evenings.
Actions taken against Abrar’s killers: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says both organisational and administrative actions have been taken against the perpetrators involved in the killing of BUET student Abrar Fahad, reiterating the warning that no wrongdoer will be spared during the period of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led government.
Abrar murder: Students confine Buet VC
The agitating students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) confine the university vice chancellor demanding punishment to the killers of their fellow Abrar Fahad.
Abrar laid to rest in Kushtia
Buet student Abrar Fahad, who was beaten to death allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists of the university unit, is buried at his village at Raidanga village in Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia.
This kind of violence is unheard of
Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury yesterday said the brutal suppression of dissent at universities is alarming because these institutions are supposed to nurture free speech.
I don’t know how, bring back my son
“Bring back my son alive.” This is all Rokeya Khatun could say as her relatives tried to console her in her home on Kushtia town’s PTTI Road.
From the archives: 2011 -- a room of horror
Room 2011. It is the second last room located on the first floor of the five-storey Sher-e-Bangla Hall at Buet. Although innocuous-looking from the outside, the room is known among the students to be a torture cell and a party hub.
Abrar had no affiliation with Shibir
Abrar Fahad, a meritorious student of Buet, had no affiliation with Shibir, his family members says.
Abrar’s death triggers student protest
Following the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad, students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) and the universities of Dhaka, Rajshahi and Jahangirnagar staged protests demanding punishment of the killers.
