Bangladesh Chhatra Maitri

The East Pakistan Students Union was established on April 26, 1952,^[2] and in the 1960s, it split into two factions: the pro-Peking group led by Menon and the pro-Moscow group led by Matia.^[2]

On December 6, 1980, four factions of Menon's group, including the National Student Movement, two factions of National Chhatra Dal, and Bangla Chhatra Union, came together to form Biplobi Chhatra Maitri.^[2] Later, in September 1987, Biplobi Chhatra Maitri merged with Biplobi Chhatra Union and was renamed Bangladesh Chhatra Maitri.^[3]

In 1995, a faction of expelled members from Chhatra Maitri formed a new group, also called Biplobi Chhatra Maitri.^[2]

By February 2019, Chhatra Maitri announced its full panel for the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) elections.^[4]

In 2022, Chhatra Maitri formed a new central committee.^[1][5]

in January 2024, the former president of Bangladesh Chhatra Maitri, Bappaditya Basu, was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Dhaka on charges of embezzlement and fraud.^[6]