Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal - J.C.D 4.11

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal also known as J.C.D, is the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).Many of the top BNP leaders and policy-makers today were once closely associated with JCD and developed as student leaders.

After the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was founded by Ziaur Rahman, he realized a strong student organization was needed to cherish future leaders, and founded Chhatra Dol on 1 January 1979. Rahman's popularity as a radical reformer attracted many students to the organization. As the student wing of the BNP, Chatra Dal has adopted a 19-point programme, based on the mother organization's structure and approach.

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal is led by a committee, of whom all the members are students.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was founded on 1 September 1978 by President Ziaur Rahman, who had come to power in a military coup. He wanted to provide more civilian influence, and on 30 April 1977 initiated a 19-point programme of action.

The main objectives of the party have been the economic development, democratic advancement, national unity on the basis of Bangladeshi nationalism and generation of a spirit of self-reliance in the people. The four fundamental principles of State policy, i.e. the principles of absolute trust and faith in the Almighty Allah, nationalism, democracy, and socialism meaning economic and social justice, have been its core values.