Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal
বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী ছাত্রদল
PresidentRakibul Islam Rakib
Secretary GeneralNasir Uddin Nasir
Founded1 January 1979; 45 years ago (1979-01-01)
Headquarters80, Bhashani Bhaban, Naya Paltan, Dhaka
IdeologyCivic nationalism
National conservatism
PositionCentre-right
Mother partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Websitebnpbd.org/chatra-dal

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী ছাত্রদল, lit.'Bangladesh Nationalist Student Party'; abbreviated as JCD),[1] popularly known as Chatradal or Chatra Dal, is a Bangladeshi student organisation affiliated with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).[2][3] Many of the top BNP leaders and policy-makers today were once closely associated with JCD and developed as student leaders.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Constitution of JCD". jcd-bnp.org. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal". Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh National party". bnpbd.org. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. ^ "6 Chhatra Dal leaders allegedly picked up by plainclothes law enforcement members". The Business Standard. 19 August 2023.
  5. ^ "JCD gets partial central, DU committees". New Age (Bangladesh). 1 March 2024.