DU Correspondent :
Teachers and students of Dhaka University on Tuesday observed ‘Black Day’ in memory of the ‘inhuman, sad and condemnable’ attack on the university’s teachers, students and officials on August 20-23, 2007, during the military-backed caretaker government rule.
With a demand to punish the culprits, DU students and teachers wore black badges and held different programmes, including a discussion and a human chain, on the campus.
A discussion was held in the TSC auditorium in the morning with DU Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique in the chair.
Addressing the discussion, praising the then activities of DU teachers and students Arefin Siddique said that Dhaka University have played a leading role on that crucial time the country was going through in 2007.
He also demanded exemplary punishment against those who were involved in this incident.
‘If the guilty people are put on trial, nobody will dare to cause such incidents in the future,’ he said.
Among others DU pro vice chancellor (education) Professor Nasreen Ahmed, Professor Aktaruzzaman ( administration), DU treasurer Kamal Uddin Ahmed, DUTA president Professor Fariduddin Ahmed, general secretary ASM Maksud kamal , two student who were tortured then and officials of DU were present there.
Earlier, a protest rally was also held at Aparajeyo Bangla premises of the university where among others professors Anwar Hossain who was arrested then urged government to ensure punishment to those who were involved with such kind of evil deeds.
On August 20, 2007, army personnel beat three DU students and insulted a teacher on the DU gymnasium playground during a football match. The incident sparked clashes between police and students, spreading from DU to all other educational institutions in the country.
Two DU professors Anwar Hossain and Harun-or-Rashid were arrested on August 23, 2007.
Later, then DUTA president Professor Sadrul Amin and Professor Neem Chandra Bhowmick and a number of students were also arrested following the incident.
The unrest then led to the arrest of several DU and RU teachers and students on charges of breaking the Emergency Power Rules.
Teachers and students of Dhaka University on Tuesday observed ‘Black Day’ in memory of the ‘inhuman, sad and condemnable’ attack on the university’s teachers, students and officials on August 20-23, 2007, during the military-backed caretaker government rule.
With a demand to punish the culprits, DU students and teachers wore black badges and held different programmes, including a discussion and a human chain, on the campus.
A discussion was held in the TSC auditorium in the morning with DU Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique in the chair.
Addressing the discussion, praising the then activities of DU teachers and students Arefin Siddique said that Dhaka University have played a leading role on that crucial time the country was going through in 2007.
He also demanded exemplary punishment against those who were involved in this incident.
‘If the guilty people are put on trial, nobody will dare to cause such incidents in the future,’ he said.
Among others DU pro vice chancellor (education) Professor Nasreen Ahmed, Professor Aktaruzzaman ( administration), DU treasurer Kamal Uddin Ahmed, DUTA president Professor Fariduddin Ahmed, general secretary ASM Maksud kamal , two student who were tortured then and officials of DU were present there.
Earlier, a protest rally was also held at Aparajeyo Bangla premises of the university where among others professors Anwar Hossain who was arrested then urged government to ensure punishment to those who were involved with such kind of evil deeds.
On August 20, 2007, army personnel beat three DU students and insulted a teacher on the DU gymnasium playground during a football match. The incident sparked clashes between police and students, spreading from DU to all other educational institutions in the country.
Two DU professors Anwar Hossain and Harun-or-Rashid were arrested on August 23, 2007.
Later, then DUTA president Professor Sadrul Amin and Professor Neem Chandra Bhowmick and a number of students were also arrested following the incident.
The unrest then led to the arrest of several DU and RU teachers and students on charges of breaking the Emergency Power Rules.
