Youth crushed under wheels of Chittagong University-bound train

A 22-year-old man died as he was crushed under the wheels of a Chittagong University (CU)-bound shuttle train from port city Chattogram, in Hathazari upazila on Thursday night. Deceased Lingkon Debnath was an employee of a pharmacy at local Chowdhuryhat and hailed from Durgabari of the same area. Locals said the youth

Chittagong University shuttle becomes skitto’s canvas!

skitto, the end-to-end digital product of Grameenphone, has recently found its brand-new canvas to pour out the colorful vibrance and vigor of youth. Nine carriages long and moving on wheels – the canvas is none other than Chattogram University’s shuttle train, popularly known as the “CU shuttle.” Through artworks made on

BCL blockade halts classes, exams at CU

A faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League's (BCL) Chittagong University unit on Monday enforced a blockade on the campus as they were 'deprived of posts in the full committee of the unit'. A group of BCL leaders and activists started protest around 8 am and locked the main gate of the university,

BCL faction’s blockade halts classes, exams at CU

A faction of Bangladesh Chhatro League's (BCL) Chittagong University unit on Monday enforced a blockade on the campus following announcement of the full committee of the unit. BCL activists, who didn't get any posts in the new committee, enforced the blockade programme, halting classes and exams of the university. Following the announcement

5 BCL men remanded over CU sexual assault

Five activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were placed on a 2-day police remand each on Tuesday in a case filed over the sexual harassment of a female student at Chittagong University. Chattogram Judicial Magistrate Farzana Akter passed the order after police sought a 7-day remand for the arrestees, said Ruhul

Admission seekers block CU shuttle trains

The shuttle train service on the Chittagong University (CU) route was hit on Thursday morning, as 50-60 admission seekers blocked the track in Sholosohor demanding they be allowed to appear for the entrance test again. The protesters shouted slogans as they sat on the track, delaying the shuttle trains that ferry