A coalition of 371 university and medical college teachers on Saturday issued a strongly worded statement demanding prompt legal action against Baul leader Abul Sarkar and calling for an end to what they described as the “fraudulent promotion” of Baul practices in the guise of Islam. The declaration — coordinated by the platform MulloBodh Andolon...
Afnan Alom Shakib, a recent graduate of the Law Department (Batch 54) at Eastern University and a noted youth organiser from Brahmanbaria, died on Friday morning after a motorcycle crash in Dhaka, university and local reports confirmed. According to campus sources, the accident occurred on the morning of Friday when Shakib was involved in a...
Dhaka University law faculty member Professor Sheikh Hafizur Rahman Curzon was released from Dhaka Central Jail (Keraniganj) on Friday evening after the High Court granted him interim bail earlier this week, university and jail officials said. The jail administration received a certified copy of the High Court order on Friday afternoon, after which authorities completed...
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology’s (SUST) election commission on Friday issued a revised timetable for the SUCSU (central students’ union) and hall union polls, announcing that nomination papers will be distributed on 2 December and that the final campus-wide vote will be held on 20 January 2026. Under the revised schedule, the election commission...
More than a year and a half after Jahangirnagar University appointed a structural expert to advise on the demolition of Mir Mosharraf Hossain (MH) Hall, there has been no visible action to dismantle the building — despite an earlier government directive that placed the hall among dozens of structures to be vacated and removed. The...
Dhaka University officials held talks on Friday with representatives of the Turkish non-profit IDDEF over the reconstruction of the varsity’s central mosque complex, advancing plans for a modern facility that will combine worship space with education, research and other campus amenities. The delegation from IDDEF, led by its president Mehmet Turan and international coordinator Salahuddin...
Two rival student coalitions at Jagannath University on Thursday delivered an unmistakable ultimatum to the campus election commission: hold the central students’ union JnUCSU election on the scheduled date, 22 December, or face organised resistance. In separate emergency briefings, the Chhatra Shibir–backed “Adommo Jobian Oikko” and the Chhatra Dal–backed “Oikyoboddho Nirbhik Jobian” panels accused the...
Dhaka University has finalised a tightly scheduled programme to mark Shahid Buddhijibi Day on 14 December and Victory Day on 16 December, combining early-morning memorial rituals, mosque prayers, an academic seminar and evening cultural shows across campus. The plan was approved at a meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad Khan, sets exact times,...
Students from the National Chhatra Shakti (JU unit) held a protest outside the new administrative building at Jahangirnagar University on Thursday, demanding that teachers alleged to have aided attackers during the July movement and those accused of exam irregularities be immediately prosecuted. The demonstration, organised around 1:30–2:00 pm and moderated by the university unit’s organiser...
Dhaka University (DU) has begun actively exploring Uttara’s Diabari area as an alternative residential option for its students while the university advances plans to construct new halls and renovate existing ones. The move responds to the long-running accommodation shortage that has left many students without secure, on-campus residence. A DU press release confirmed that a...