“Better Film, Better Audience and Better Society” – with this slogan the curtains rose on the 22nd Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) at the Bangladesh National Museum today. The quintessential Bengali beauty and legendary actress Sharmila Tagore graced the stage as a special guest. Audiences and the media eagerly awaited the moment when the renowned actress would share her insights on stage.

Terming the incident of Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall an “institutional harassment”, speakers at a human chain urge the authorities concerned to ensure safety and preserve dignity of both the students and teachers on Dhaka University campus.

The Dhaka University authorities have drawn flak for driving out female students from Kabi Sufia Kamal hall late Thursday night.

Quota reformists protest the “throwing out” of female students at Dhaka University’s Sufia Kamal Hall demanding immediate removal of the hall’s provost.

The three students of Dhaka University’s Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall are handed over to their guardians to protect dignity and other students of the hall as they are allegedly spreading fake news in Facebook, DU Vice Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman tells reporters.

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.