Students of Dhaka University staged a protest march on Wednesday night, condemning the killing of a Jamaat-e-Islami leader during a clash between BNP and Jamaat supporters at an election manifesto reading event in Sherpur. Students from various residential halls led by Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) leaders, gathered at the VC Chattar around 11:30pm. They later brought out a protest procession, chanted slogans and marched to the Raju memorial sculpture. He claimed the BNP has betrayed the aspirations of building a new Bangladesh for the oppressed in the post-July uprising period. Rezaul Karim, general secretary of the Sreebardi Upazila unit of Jamaat, died after being injured in a clash between supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami and the BNP in Jhenaigati upazila of Sherpur district on Wednesday evening.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 29, 2026 03:33 UTC