Jahangirnagar-University

Professor Dr. Nahreen Islam of the Department of Geography and Environment at Jahangirnagar University has been appointed Chief Information Commissioner. She has also been nominated as a member of the Jahangirnagar University Syndicate. A notification issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Saturday said the President had appointed Professor Dr. Nahreen Islam as Chief Information Commissioner of the Information Commission under Section 15(1) of the Right to Information A...

The central committee of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal has expelled two leaders of the Jahangirnagar University unit over two incidents of fighting and scuffling following a dispute over renting a sublet house and paying bills in the Ambagan area adjacent to the university. The information was confirmed in a notice signed by JCD Central Office Secretary Md Jahangir Alam, who holds the rank of vice president, on Saturday. The expelled leaders are Jahangirnagar University unit JCD Jo...

Posters bearing the name of a leader of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League have been put up at key locations inside and around the Jahangirnagar University campus. The posters, which were pasted under the cover of night, have sparked widespread discussion. A visit to the campus found the posters displayed in front of Jahangirnagar University School and College, beside the newly built residential tower for employees, on electric poles near the Prantik Gate area and at the passenger shelt...

Authorities at Jahangirnagar University (JU) have accused a group of students of ragging and abusing freshers under the pretext of teaching them ‘manners.’ The university administration caught 12 students red-handed in connection with the incident. Officials detained them from the Jahangirnagar University School and College ground at around 2 am on Friday. All of the accused are students of the 54th batch of the Department of History. They are Subhashish Roy, Nasim Uddin Majumdar, Abu...