Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- The Dhaka University wing of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal has announced committees for 18 residential halls in defiance of the ban on student politics on campus after the fall of the Awami League regime.

On Friday, a notice issued by DU Chhatra Dal said the existing hall committees have been abolished and 18 new ones have been formed in their place.

The convener committee is as follows:

1. Convener of the 51-member Freedom Fighter Ziaur Rahman Hall branch, Md. Zahidul Islam, Senior Joint Convener Rizvi Alam and Member Secretary Jobayer Hossain.

2. The 43-member Poet Jasimuddin Hall branch is convened by Sheikh Tanvir Bari Hamim, Senior Joint Convener Abdul Wahed, and Member Secretary Mehedi Hasan.

3. The 47-memb...