Bangladesh, July 29 -- The White Panel, the BNP-backed teachers' association at the University of Dhaka (DU), has submitted a memorandum to the vice-chancellor demanding a ban on the activities of the pro-Awami League (AL) Blue Panel and disciplinary measures against its members.

Advertisement The memorandum was presented to DU Vice-Chancellor Prof D ABM Obaidul Islam at the university's Professor Abdul Matin Virtual Classroom on Monday evening.

In the memorandum, the White Panel accused Blue Panel teachers of opposing the student-led July Mass Uprising, supporting what it described as an authoritarian regime, and participating in the persecution of students and dissenting faculty members over the past 17 years.

According to the docum...