Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- The 'Shorot Utsob' (Autumn Festival) at the Faculty of Fine Arts (Charukala) of Dhaka University (DU) has been postponed following allegations that one of the organisers has 'links to fascism'.

The decision was announced on Friday in a statement, signed by Professor Dr. Md. Azharul Islam, Dean of the Faculty.

According to the statement, the cultural group 'Satyen Sen Shilpigoshthi' has been organising the festival under the Bakultala of Charukala for the past 19 years. This year, the group applied to hold the event on October 10, and the authority approved the request as usual.

However, on October 9, an application was submitted to the faculty by a group called 'Anti-Fascist Writers, Journalists, and Artists' Forum', ...