Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party, has announced a new 12-member convening committee for its Comilla University unit after a gap of five years.

In the newly formed committee, Mostafizur Rahman Shuvo, a student of the English department from the 2008–09 academic session, has been made convener, while Abul Bashar, a student of the anthropology department from the 2012–13 academic session, has been appointed member secretary.

The committee was announced through a press release signed by JCD central president Md Rakibul Islam Rakib and general secretary Nasir Uddin Nasir on Thursday.

The newly formed committee also includes Atikur Rahman as senior joint convener, while Md Saiful Islam, Sagar Ahmed, Riaz Uddin Antor, Safayet Hossain Sajal, Motasim Billah Rifat, Ashraf Uddin Munna, Mahfuzur Rahman Arif, Tarikul Islam and Md Saidul Islam Shawon have been made joint conveners.

Convener Shuvo said the committee was formed after a long struggle and expressed gratitude to the central leadership of JCD as well as BNP chairman Tarique Rahman for placing confidence in them.

According to the press release, the committee has been instructed to form a full-fledged convening committee within 10 days and arrange a council to elect a new committee within one month.