At a press briefing at the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) building, BCL President Liaqat Sikder said they are going to form an all-party students' unity soon to launch the anti-government movement.

"We have already discussed with the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD)-backed BCL and Bangladesh Chhatra Moitree, and are communicating with all other like-minded student organisations in this connection," he added.

The BCL president said the coalition government has not only failed to arrest the culprits responsible for the grenade attack on AL rally, but also failed to detect any clue.

"Moreover, the government arrested and tortured those who protested the attack. Over 1,000 activists of Chhatra League were arrested in last 11 days," he said, adding that their leaders and activists were tortured in police custody.

Liaqat demanded immediate release of all leaders and activists including central office secretary Qamrul Hasan Khokon, Ranjit Kumar and Bidhan Kumar Saha.

"The government has been trying to hide the culprits responsible for the attack and trying to divert the incident by arresting and torturing our leaders and activists," he added.

Liaqat said the BCL will stage demonstration at district and upazila headquarters today, at educational institutions across the country tomorrow and a united demonstration on the DU campus on September 6.

BCL acting general secretary Saifuzzaman Shekhor, Marufa Aktar Popy, Baloram Podder, Ashraful Azim Rubon, Khan Moinul Islam Mustak and DU unit President Delwar Hossain and General Secretary Hemayet Uddin Khan Himu were present at the briefing.

Meanwhile, five left-leaning student organisations, in a joint statement yesterday, protested the killing of a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader in Sylhet by the Islami Chhatra Shibir cadres. The student organisations are Bangladesh Chhatra Moitree, JSD-backed BCL, Samajbadi Chhatra Jote, Jatiya Chhatra Oikya, and Bangladesh Chhatra Andolon.