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B'desh: Khulna University students on indefinite hunger strike demanding VC's resignation
Dhaka, April 22: More than 32 students from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) in Bangladesh entered the second day of a hunger strike on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Mohammad Masud, according to local media reports.
West Bengal: Students organize Ram Navami puja on Jadavpur University campus, defying ban by administration
Kolkata, April 6: Defying administrative restrictions, students at Jadavpur University went ahead and celebrated Ram Navami on campus on Sunday. A special puja was organized by the General Students Union after the university administration allegedly denied permission, citing the Vice Chancellor's absence.
B'desh: BNP blasts Yunus-led interim govt over crackdown on anti-rape protestors
Dhaka, March 17: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has slammed the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government for recent attacks on student activists protesting against the rising incidents of rape in the country, according to local media reports.
Bangladesh: Students cut short protest against gender-based violence amid threats and intimidation
Dhaka, March 15: As many as eight student organisations - demanding removal of Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, the Home Affairs Advisor in the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, for prevailing lawlessness in the country - called off their planned march in Dhaka on Saturday amid threats and intimidation, local media reported.
Deepening divide over South Korea's President Yoon's impeachment spreads to universities
Seoul, March 3: About two dozen students, alumni and others gathered at Ewha Womans University in Seoul last week, denouncing the National Assembly's impeachment of South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol as "invalid," only to encounter another group of students holding an in-school rally calling for Yoon's ouster at the same time.
Pressure mounts on Bangladesh Home Affairs Advisor to resign
Dhaka, Feb 24: Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, the Home Affairs Advisor to the interim government in Bangladesh, on Monday played down the worsening law and order situation in the country, claiming that only few "minor incidents" have taken place and the security situation remains "satisfactory".