SAVAR, Jan 4, 2021 (BSS)- Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Jahangirnagar
University (JU) unit today celebrated its 73rd founding anniversary on the
campus amid festivity.
BCL, the largest student organisation of the country having glorious
heritage of struggle and success, came into being on January 4 in 1948 under
the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Marking the day, the student wing of the ruling Awami League has taken
various programmes on the campus.
Leaders and activists of the traditional organisation hoisted national flag
and placed floral wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
in front of Bangabandhu hall around 12 pm.
Later, they brought out a joyous procession that ended at university’s
central Shaheed Minar premises following a rally and cut an anniversary cake.
Vice-presidents of JU BCL Azizur Rahman Lilu, Bayezid Rana Kalince and
Mijanur Rahman, Organising Secretaries Abhishek Mandal and Aklema Akter Esha,
Joint Secretary Appan Hossain Apon, Deputy Office Secretary M Mainul Hossain
Rajon, Deputy International Affairs Secretary Ismail Hossain, Theatre and
Debate Secretary Raton Biswas and Assistant Secretary Akhtaruzzaman Sohel,
among others, were present at the rally.
Over 200 BCL leaders and activists from both male and female dormitories of
the university took part in the programme.