According to accounts by KUET students present at the campus that day, the situation escalated during a protest by the general students when they passed a group of JCD members and removed them from campus.
BUET has permanently expelled eight students due to their affiliation with Bangladesh Chhatra League.
The rules of Dhaka University stipulate that a student remains a regular one for eight years -- six years for graduation and two for post-graduation degrees.
A ban on campus politics seems to be an easy answer. But what does it mean and how will it work?
We asked around campuses of different universities and tried to find out why student politics failed, how it became a tool for violence, and what are the systems replacing them.
Most medical colleges have recently banned politics on campus, while others are in the process of doing so. However, the pressing question remains: can we truly safeguard the student community from such continued brutality?
Partisan politics of both students and teachers has proven to be damaging for academic excellence.
The focus of student politics should be issues relating to academia, said Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan, the new vice-chancellor of Dhaka University.
In this reimagined university environment, students should no longer have to struggle for basic necessities.
It is astounding how little a regime in power for 15 years understands the new form of student politics.
It is the utter failure of our political leadership that it has created a sense of disillusionment and disengagement among young people.
The real culprit is the BCL's sense of entitlement.
Chhatra League leaders and activists are expecting that the organistion will have a new leadership that will be able to restore its past glory and work to realise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s dream of building a “Smart Bangladesh”.
The age limit for the activists aspiring to get top positions in Bangladesh Chhatra League central committee is likely to be relaxed once again ahead of the biannual council of the pro-Awami League student body.
Good morning. If you’re waking to a horde of texts from last night — like General Secretary Obaidul Quader who complained about receiving night calls from Bangladesh Chhatra League — then catching up with the news can seem cumbersome. So, here are five quick things to know to start your day up-to-date.
Education Minister Dipu Moni today (September 4, 2022) said educational institutions will decide whether or not to allow student politics on the campus.
Students are outraged over the recent incidents at BUET.
The apathy towards ending sexual harassment on campus is a symptom of wider institutional control.
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists reportedly beat up a student at Dhaka University suspecting him an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir.
