A writ has been filed seeking a direction to broadcast hearings of public importance and constitutional cases filed in the Supreme Court live (Live Streaming).

On Monday (January 27), 10 people, including lawyers and law students, filed this writ case.

The writ petitioners are: Supreme Court lawyers Saddam Hossain, Abdullah Sadiq, Mizanul Haque, Dhaka Court lawyers Zayed Bin Amjad, trainee lawyers Mahmudul Hasan, Sabbir Ahmed and 4 law students.

The writ petitioners' lawyer Shishir Monir said, "The right to know information is recognized by law. The right to a fair trial is a constitutionally recognized right. Important cases from different countries of the world are broadcast live. According to Article 35 of our Constitution, fair and accountable trial is a fundamental right."

The writ seeks a rule on why the hearings of important Supreme Court cases will not be broadcast live. At the same time, a committee has been formed to formulate a policy.

Instructions have been sought from the ICT Ministry to provide logistical support in hearing important cases ongoing in the Appellate Division.

The Registrar General of the Supreme Court, the Law Ministry and the ICT Ministry have been made respondents in the writ petition.

The High Court bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury may hear the writ petition.

Dhaka: After a night-long chase and counter-chase, the seven colleges of the capital are finally parting ways with Dhaka University.

On Monday (January 27), after an emergency meeting of the DU VC with the principals of the seven colleges, Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Niaz Ahmed Khan announced this decision at a press briefing.

In a written statement, the Vice Chancellor said, "I express my regret for the unpleasant incident at DU-seven colleges. After considering the overall issues in the emergency meeting, a decision has been taken to honorably separate Dhaka University and seven colleges. Admissions for students of seven colleges under Dhaka University have been stopped from the 2024-25 academic year.

Other decisions are that the meeting strongly recommended that the activities of the next academic year be conducted through an expert committee formed by the Ministry of Education on December 29, 2024, from the 2024-2025 academic year. From the 2024-2025 academic year, an expert committee formed by the ministry will decide on all matters, including determining the number of seats and admission fees for students.

However, the DU Vice-Chancellor said that the university administration will be responsible for ensuring that the educational life of students who are currently under the ongoing education programs of Dhaka University is not affected in any way.

It is worth noting that the capital's Dhaka College, Eden College, Begum Badrunnesa Government Women's College, Kabi Nazrul Government College, Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Government Titumir College and Mirpur Government Bangla College were affiliated to Dhaka University.

In view of the academic and administrative success of these seven colleges in the capital, former Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University (DU) AAMS Arefin Siddique took them under the umbrella of a public university.

Since then, there have been several movements to exclude them from the affiliation of Dhaka University.

Chasing, brick-throwing and clashes were going on between DU students and students of 7 affiliated colleges at Nilkhet intersection. Hasnat Abdullah, central coordinator of the anti-discrimination student movement, arrived at the scene of the clash to stop the students. At this time, he faced strong resistance from the angry students.

Earlier, BGB Public Relations Officer Md. Shariful Islam said that 2 platoons of BGB have been deployed with the help of the police to keep the situation normal.

Meanwhile, students of Dhaka University chased seven college students who came to surround the residence of the DU Pro-VC. In this, the seven college students retreated and took position at Nilkhet intersection. However, chasing and brick-throwing were going on between both sides.

The incident began at around 12:15 am on Sunday (January 26).

Earlier at 6:30 pm, students from seven colleges blocked the Science Lab, Technical Mor. After that, they also blocked the capital's Tanti Bazar.

The students complained that when they went to the DU Pro-VC (Education) about the problems of seven colleges and the reduction in the number of admission seats, he behaved rudely and threw them out of the room. He said that he did not know anything about seven colleges.

They further complained that although he was given a memorandum in this regard 21 days ago, he did not read it. He used aggressive behavior because he did not know the students of seven colleges. Therefore, the students' movement has started against his rude behavior.

In addition, student representative Abdur Rahman called on the DU Pro-VC to apologize for his rude behavior and made 5-point demands. They are - the unreasonable quota system in the admission test of seven colleges should be canceled from the 2024-25 session; students should not be admitted beyond the capacity of the classroom; Students should be admitted taking into account the teacher-student ratio; negative marks should be added; to ensure transparency in the admission fees of the seven colleges, the admission fee money should be deposited in a new account, except for DU, in coordination with the expert committee formed by the ministry. 

Rakib, the central coordinator of the anti-discrimination student movement, has been seriously injured in a series of clashes between Dhaka University (DU) students and students of seven colleges, including Dhaka College.

He has been taken to a private hospital in Dhanmondi. The injured Rakib is a student of Dhaka College.

Earlier, seven college students who had come to surround the residence of the DU Pro-VC were chased by Dhaka University students. The seven college students retreated and took up positions at Nilkhet intersection. Later, the chase and brickbat pelting took place between both sides.

The incident began at around 12:15 am on Sunday (January 26).

Earlier, seven college students blocked Science Lab, Technical intersection at 6:30 pm. Then they also blockaded the capital's Tanti Bazar.

The students complained that when they approached the DU Pro-VC (Education) about the problems of the seven colleges and the reduction in the number of admission seats, he behaved rudely and threw them out of the room. He said that he did not know anything about the seven colleges.

They further complained that although he was given a memorandum in this regard 21 days ago, he did not read it. He used aggressive behavior because he did not know the students of the seven colleges. Therefore, the students' movement has started against his rude behavior.

In addition, student representative Abdur Rahman called on the DU Pro-VC to apologize for the rude behavior and presented 5-point demands. They are - the unreasonable quota system in the admission test of the seven colleges should be canceled from the 2024-25 session; students should not be admitted beyond the capacity of the classroom; students should be admitted taking into account the teacher-student ratio; negative marks should be added; To ensure transparency in the admission fees of the seven colleges, the admission fee money should be deposited in new accounts, except for DU, in coordination with the expert committee formed by the ministry.