Dhaka-University

Students demanding the resignation of the education minister are staging a sit-in protest in front of the Parliament Building after marching from Science Lab in the capital. They took position in front of Gate No. 2 of the Parliament Building at around 6 pm on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, students blocked the road at the Science Lab intersection in the capital, pressing three demands, including the resignation of Education Minister A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon. They later staged demonstrati...

HSC examinees leading the ongoing movement have announced a new program demanding the resignation of the education adviser. According to the program, they will observe a ‘March to the Ministry of Education’ on Wednesday. The announcement was made around 3 pm Tuesday by protesting students in Uttara. At the time, they issued an ultimatum demanding the resignation of Education Adviser A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon. Meanwhile, protesters staged a demonstration in the Dhaka University (DU) campu...

Continuous rainfall for several hours has caused waterlogging in various dormitories and large parts of the campus of the University of Dhaka (DU). In some places, water has accumulated from knee to waist level. Several student rooms at Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall and Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall have also been inundated, causing suffering for students. A visit to the campus on Sunday afternoon found knee- to waist-deep water in different areas, including VC Chattar, Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul...

Professor Abul Kasem Fazlul Haq will make his final visits to the University of Dhaka and the Bangla Academy. This time, however, his body will be taken there for people to pay their respects. He breathed his last on Sunday afternoon at a hospital in Mirpur, Dhaka. Shuchita Sharmin, daughter of Abul Kasem Fazlul Haq, told Agamir Somoy that his body will be taken to the Bangla Academy at 10:30 am on Monday. Until his death, Abul Kasem Fazlul Haq served as president of the Bangla Academ...

Veteran journalist and academic Shahed Kamal has passed away. He died on Saturday evening at ZH Sikder Hospital in the capital. He was about 86 years old. Shahed Kamal was the son of renowned poet Sufia Kamal. The news was confirmed to the media by his younger sister, Sultana Kamal. Speaking from London, human rights activist Sultana Kamal said, “My elder brother passed away a short while ago. My younger sister will share the family’s decisions regarding the funeral.” Shahed Kamal had b...

The University of Dhaka will celebrate its 105th founding anniversary and University of Dhaka Day 2026 on Wednesday with a daylong series of events across the campus. This year’s theme is “Restoring Democracy and the University of Dhaka in Higher Education.” According to the university administratio...

State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj has withdrawn his statement that ‘Dhaka University is a coaching center’ following widespread criticism. He withdrew the statement in a Facebook post on Friday. In his post, Bobby Hajjaj said parts of his remarks were misinterpreted a...

Dr. Md. Ataullah, a professor at Rajshahi University (RU), aspires to become a teacher at Dhaka University (DU). However, he has submitted six controversial research articles that are facing serious allegations of fraudulances. Professor Ataullah's PhD thesis focused on the Iranian poet Nizami Ganja...