Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the reunion of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) which has been arranged marking the 72nd founding anniversary of the student wing of the ruling party.

The premier inaugurated the programme at 2:30 pm on Saturday (Dec 4) at Suhrawardi Uddan.

The BCL is celebrating its 72nd founding anniversary through nationwide programmes.

The BCL played pioneering roles in the language movement in 1952, in the victory of United Front in 1954 polls, anti-Aiyub movement in 1958, education movement in 1962, six-point movement in 1966, mass upsurge in 1969, elections in 1970, the great Liberation War in 1971, rehabilitation activities in post-war Bangladesh, movement for restoration of democracy after 1975 changeover, student movement in 1983 and anti-autocratic movement in 1990.

The BCL was also engaged in the movement launched by Sheikh Hasina against the ‘state terrorism’ unleashed by the then BNP-Jamaat alliance government after the 2001 polls.

The BCL also waged a strong movement after the one-eleven changeover when the army-backed government arrested Sheikh Hasina on July 16 in 2007.