TBM Report
In a powerful demonstration against the escalating tide of domestic violence and sexual assault, hundreds of students and administrative executives of Barishal University (BU) formed a massive human chain on Thursday. Intercepting the perimeter in front of the university’s main entrance along the Dhaka-Kuakata highway at 11:00 AM, the academic collective demanded immediate fast-track judicial intervention, the absolute eradication of the culture of impunity, and the capital punishment for the perpetrators behind the horrific rape and murder of a minor child, Ramisa.
Organized under the cohesive banner of the university’s ‘Organizers’ Group’ and heavily reinforced by all campus-based socio-cultural and debate alliances, the demonstration drew a massive turnout of general pupils alongside frontline student political representatives. Joining the frontline of the protest in an official display of solidarity, the newly appointed Assistant Proctor of the university, Dr. Md. Gazi Sakhawat Hossain, endorsed the students’ demand for comprehensive legal security reforms across the sovereign landscape.
Addressing the media grid, Mohammad Belal, a prominent student voice, delivered an ultimatum to the Ministry of Home Affairs. “Following the transition and inception of the new government, the student community exercised strategic restraint and afforded the administration ample timeline to institutionalize structural stability. However, this constitutional patience must not be misinterpreted. We demand the absolute implementation of the rule of law. The state must fast-track the prosecution of child Ramisa’s murderers alongside all unresolved cases of gender-based violence,” Belal articulated.
Echoing parallel legislative concerns, Mo. Mehedi Hasan Sohag, President of the Barishal University Debating Society (BUDS), emphasized that the systematic paralysis of the judicial machinery serves as a primary catalyst empowering violent offenders. Concurrently, delivering an institutional brief, Assistant Proctor Dr. Gazi Md. Sakhawat Hossain underscored the ethical mandate compelling the academic administration’s involvement. “I stand at this crossroad not merely as an administrative proctor, but as an alumnus of this apex institution bound by civic morality. Academic and social destabilization is not our objective. We petition the Honorable Home Minister to construct an unbreachable legal framework that guarantees safety for women and children, rendering street protests redundant,” the Assistant Proctor stipulated.
 formed a massive human chain on Thursday. Intercepting the perimeter in front of the university’s main entrance along the Dhaka-Kuakata highway at 11:00 AM, the academic collective demanded immediate fast-track judicial intervention, the absolute eradication of the culture of impunity, and the capital punishment for the perpetrators behind the horrific rape and murder of a minor child, Ramisa.){kind=link}