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BCL-RETAKE-DU-GHA-EXAM
BCL, students demand retake of DU Gha unit intake test
DHAKA, Oct 18, 2018 (BSS) – Dhaka University (DU) unit of Bangladesh
Chhatra League (BCL) and general students today demanded retake of “Gha” unit
admission test and punishment of those involved in question papers leakage.
Bangladesh Chhatra League, students’ front of the ruling Awami League,
made a four-point demands which includes retake of Gha unit test after
scrutiny or arrange special admission test for the admission seekers who
passed the test, said a press release.
Their other demands include taking legal and administrative measures
against the culprits involved in digital forgery or question leakage,
cancellation of studentships of those who enrolled at the university through
forgery and reforming admission process through coordination among all
concerned of the university, the release said.
Expressing solidarity with the students, who staged demonstration on the
campus over the issue, DU BCL general secretary Saddam Hussain demanded
cancellation of the entry test.
The DU authorities published the results of “Gha” unit entry test on
Tuesday where around 26 percent admission seekers have obtained pass marks in
the test held on October 12.
Meanwhile, Akhtar Hossen, a 3rd year student of DU law department who has
been continuing hunger strike at Raju Memorial Sculpture since the
announcement of the results demanding fresh “Gha” unit exam, was admitted to
Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) as he became ill.
BCL and other student bodies expressed solidarity with Akhtar while DU
proctor AKM Golam Rabbani, Law Faculty Dean Prof Dr. Md. Rahmat Ullah and BCL
DU unit’s general secretary Saddam Hussain met Akhter around 1:30 pm, and
requested him to break strike, but he did not do so.
“We have tried to convince our beloved student Akhtar to break fast as
his health condition is deteriorating gradually. We are demanding a proper
solution of the crisis and exemplary punishment of the culprits involved in
forgery,” Prof Rahmat Ullah told BSS.
BSS/ASG/MMN/RY/1910 hrs