Four-Party Alliance will last 25 yrs, says Noman

He called upon activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), student bodies of BNP and Jamaat-E-Islami, to be on guard against any attempt to break the coalition.

He was addressing as chief guest a function to celebrate two decades of Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritic Sangstha (JASAS), held at Chittagong University on Sunday. JASAS is the cultural wing of ruling BNP.

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State Minister for Education ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon, CU VC Prof AJM Nuruddin Chowdhury and Pro-VC Dr Mohammed Shamsuddin, Barrister Mahabubuddin Khokon, a BNP standing committee member, CU teacher Dr ANM Munir Ahmed Chowdhury and JASAS central Vice President MA Malek also addressed the function.

Milon said the government will set up another technical college in Chittagong soon.

He expressed satisfaction over holding of SSC and HSC examinations in a cheating-free atmosphere this year. "We will try to stamp out violence from campuses", he said.

The function was rounded off with a cultural function.

JCD's CU unit arranged a separate discussion meeting on the campus on the occasion of 21st death anniversary of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman.