Dhaka University

DU hunger strike: Akhtar taken to DMCH

A student of Dhaka University (DU), who has been observing hunger-strike for the last three days demanding fresh admission test for "Gha" unit at the university, falls sick.
18 October 2018

Ex-BCL leader beaten up by juniors at DMCH

A former central leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of Awami League, was allegedly beaten up by activists of the same body in the early hours of yesterday at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
27 September 2018

Cops release 3 DU students after quizzing

Law enforcers release three students of Dhaka University around nine hours after they were handed over to the Shahbagh Police Station by a group of activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League.
7 August 2018

Propaganda going on over notice to keep DU campus off-limits to outsiders

Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Md Akhtaruzzman alleges that a group of people are spreading propaganda over a notice regarding entry of outsiders into the university campus.
23 July 2018

Quota reform demo: DU students demand punishment for attackers

A group of students of Dhaka University demands punishment of the persons responsible behind the attacks on the students and teachers demanding reformation in the existing quota system in civil service.
17 July 2018

DU VC for check-posts to keep campus off-limits to outsiders

Authorities will soon place security check-post at every entrance point of the Dhaka University to restrict outsiders from entering in the campus in a bid to avoid tension on the university premises.
10 July 2018

DU off-limits to outsiders

No outsider will be allowed to roam around in the campus without permission from the Dhaka University authorities. The provost committee came up with the decision at a meeting held on July 5 in the backdrop of "unwanted incidents" centering the quota reform movement.
9 July 2018

'This didn't happen during Pak-British rule'

Condemning the attacks on general students demanding quota reforms, Sirajul Islam Chowdhury, a professor of Dhaka University, says the incidents that had happened are “unfortunate, shameful and unbelievable”.
8 July 2018

DU proctor ‘uninformed’ over attack on students

After three days and multiple incidents of assaults, Dhaka University’s Proctor AKM Golam Rabbani says he remains “uninformed” over attack on students and that no one has written a complaint to him.
3 July 2018

Pro-AL panel bags DU syndicate polls

The ruling Awami League-backed ‘Blue panel’ sweeps the syndicate elections of Dhaka University.
19 April 2018

Iffat gets back DU studentship

Dhaka University (DU) authority withdraws the expulsion order on Iffat Jahan Isha, Dhaka University's Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall unit president of Bangladesh Chhatra League.
18 April 2018

Attack on students at DU hall: BCL expels 24 activists

Bangladesh Chhatra League expels its 24 leaders and activists in connection with the attack on students at Sufia Kamal Hall of Dhaka University on April 10 for taking part in quota reform demonstration.
16 April 2018

BCL infighting leaves 3 hurt in DU

Three Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men, including a central leader, are injured in a factional clash at Dhaka University.
16 April 2018

DU, RU protest attack on Zafar Iqbal

Dhaka University and Rajshahi University teachers demonstrate at respective campuses protesting the attack on eminent educationist and popular writer Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal.
5 March 2018

24 hurt as BCL men attack DU students

At least 24 students of Dhaka University are injured as Bangladesh Chhatra League men swooped on them during their demonstration on the campus this afternoon.
23 January 2018

DU won’t issue ID cards to affiliated college students

The authorities of Dhaka University say the students of its seven affiliated colleges will not be issued any identity cards of the university.
20 January 2018

Punish BCL men or face tough demo

Agitating students of Dhaka University yesterday gave the authorities a 48-hour ultimatum to punish the Chhatra League leaders who foiled their Monday's demonstrations or they will wage a tougher movement.
17 January 2018

DU students want scrapping 7 affiliated colleges

Dhaka University students have demonstrated at campus demanding the university cut ties with the recently affiliated educational institutions.
11 January 2018

DU listed among 350 best universities of Asia

Dhaka University is listed among the 350 best universities of Asia according to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking-2018.
9 January 2018

Dhaka University TSC tea stalls reopened

The makeshift tea stalls at Dhaka University’s Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) reopen hours after the authorities shut down those stalls citing “security issues”.
2 January 2018