Dhaka University
Minister says Baishakh sexual offenders held, cops deny
State minister for home claims some of the women assaulters on Dhaka University campus have been caught, but neither police or Rab agree to the claim.
6 July 2015, 09:28 AM
DU theatre dept chair terminated for sexual abuse
Dhaka University Syndicate terminates theatre and performance studies department chairman Prof Saiful Islam for "sexually harassing" a female student.
30 June 2015, 14:26 PM
Catch these perverts, Nasir!
Are we becoming perverts as a people? Sex-starved drooling morons? Look around and you tend to believe so.
28 June 2015, 07:16 AM
8 muggers held from Dhaka University
Detectives detain eight muggers including four impersonators of plainclothes in separate drives through Dhaka University ahead of Eid.
19 June 2015, 09:22 AM
DU staff, 3 others held for ‘supplying explosives’ to militants
Detectives detain one Dhaka University staff and three others for allegedly supplying explosives to militants.
19 June 2015, 06:02 AM
Abid, Prince new DU BCL president, secretary
Abid Al Hasan and Motahar Hossain alias Prince have been made president and general secretary respectively of Dhaka University unit Bangladesh Chhatra League.
18 June 2015, 12:13 PM
DU unveils ’71 martyrs monument (video)
Dhaka University has unveiled a monument consisting of names of all of its staffs who embraced martyrdom in 1971.
18 June 2015, 06:05 AM
Inu, 24 others get death threats
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, Dhaka University Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique and 23 other eminent persons allegedly receive death threats from banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team.
16 June 2015, 10:51 AM
Memo for university teachers’ separate pay scale
Public university teachers place a memorandum to the education ministry demanding separate pay scale for them.
15 June 2015, 12:51 PM
Most deals were in favour of India: Emajuddin
Former Dhaka University vice-chancellor Prof Emajuddin Ahmed says most of the 22 deals signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh were in “favour of Indian interest”.
10 June 2015, 14:19 PM
Land deal is like fall of Berlin wall: Modi (video)
Terming ratification of land deal as “no less significant than the fall of the Berlin Wall”, Indian PM Modi says water issues need to be resolved from humanitarian perspective.
7 June 2015, 14:06 PM
Home boss gets death threats
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan and 6 notable personalities receive death threats from Al Qaeda Ansarullah Bangla Team-13.
2 June 2015, 14:02 PM
Beijing university to introduce Bangla dept
Beijing Foreign Studies University in China is going to introduce Department of Bangla in the coming year.
20 May 2015, 13:04 PM
Khilgaon OC jailed for torturing DU student
A Dhaka court sentences Helal Uddin, a former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, to three years’ imprisonment for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar and implicating him in three false cases three years back.
17 May 2015, 11:14 AM
Assaulted female activist not intimidated (video)
In a one-to-one conversation with The Daily Star, Bangladesh Chhatra Union activist Ismat Jahan Joe tells of her account of the day when students were thrashed away by cops while trying to lay a siege to Dhaka police headquarters protesting the April 14 sexual assault on women.
15 May 2015, 10:17 AM
Student drowns in DU pond
A student of Dhaka University drowns in a pond at Fazlul Haque Hall of the university.
13 May 2015, 13:08 PM
Writ challenging cop brutality on activists
Writ petition moved with the High Court challenging legality of police brutality on women activists protesting the April 14 sexual assault.
11 May 2015, 10:31 AM
Analysis: A Mother’s Day gift from police!
When cops swooped on the protesters, it only reflected the government’s and the administration’s indifferent attitude towards the Pahela Baishakh sexual assault. We were shocked because we as civilized human beings expected rational reaction from the authorities. We should not have.
11 May 2015, 07:21 AM
Sexual assault: Cops thrash protesters (video)
Police use brute force to drive away demonstrators trying to besiege Dhaka police headquarters over the sexual assault at Dhaka University on April 14.
10 May 2015, 07:13 AM
Novera, pioneer of progressiveness in Bangladesh
Pioneer of Bangladesh’s modern sculpture as well as the forerunner of contemporary women emancipation in the country, Novera Ahmed is a name that has worn away in seclusion.
7 May 2015, 06:42 AM