Rajshahi University
Family of slain Rajshahi University teacher decries bid to portray him as atheist
Family members of slain Prof Rezaul Karim Siddiquee yesterday urged all to remain alert for any propaganda campaign to portray the teacher as an atheist.
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM
RU professor killing: Teachers, students continue protest
Teachers and students of Rajshahi University continue their protest, boycotting classes for the third consecutive day demanding punishment to the killers of Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee.
25 April 2016, 05:33 AM
Another RU teacher victim of the assassins
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the killing of yet another teacher of Rajshahi University.
24 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Victims' families and colleagues blame probe failure
Rajshahi University teachers are getting murdered one after another because the real perpetrators are not being tried, according to victim families and colleagues of the slain teachers.
24 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Culture of impunity led to more killings: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that increased incidents of killings have arisen out of a prevailing culture of impunity in Bangladesh.
24 April 2016, 15:57 PM
IS claim of RU teacher killing baseless: DMP official
The claim of militant group Islamic State (IS) that it carried out the attack on Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee is baseless, a top official of Dhaka Metropolitan Police said.
24 April 2016, 10:21 AM
‘Shibir man’ held over RU professor killing
A person has been detained in connection with the murder of Prof AFM Reazul Karim Siddiquee, a professor of Rajshahi University.
24 April 2016, 05:33 AM
Professor killing: RU teachers, students continue class boycott
Teachers and students of Rajshahi University have been continuing to boycott classes for the second consecutive day demanding punishment of the killers of Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee.
24 April 2016, 05:10 AM
France and EU condemn RU teacher killing
The Embassy of France and the European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh strongly condemns the gruesome murder of AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a professor at of Rajshahi University.
24 April 2016, 04:43 AM
Enemy of none, lover of sitar
He was a sitar player.
All his life, he was devoted to music, culture and peace.
His family members and colleagues don't believe he had enmity with anyone. He never said or wrote anything against any religion or hurt anybody's religious sentiment.
23 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Who was Prof Rezaul Karim?
Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a teacher of English literature at Rajshahi University killed by unknown assailants on April 23, 2016, was a peace loving person and never wrote anything to hurt anyone's religious sentiments, claim his family and neighbours.
23 April 2016, 14:45 PM
Attackers of slain professor must be brought to account: AI
In response to the killing of Rajshahi University Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique, Amnesty International says the attackers must be brought to account.
23 April 2016, 11:27 AM
RU teacher killing: Unknown people sued, ‘IS claims responsibility’
Police say they have found similarities between the murder of RU teacher Rezaul Karim Siddiquee and the killings of blogger and secular activists, pointing to the use of sharp weapons to cause heavy damage from rear. Slain professor's son sues anonymous people for the murder, which, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says, was claimed by militant group Islamic State.
23 April 2016, 06:53 AM
Teachers, students protest RU teacher’s murder
Students at Rajshahi University have been staging demonstration on the campus, protesting the murder of professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee. Miscreants kill Siddiquee, a professor of English department of the university, in Shalbagan area of the city.
23 April 2016, 06:27 AM
Another RU teacher killed brutally
Miscreants kill AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a professor of English department at Rajshahi University, in Shalbagan area of the city. Several persons, who have not been identified yet, swooped on him while he was waiting for university bus.
23 April 2016, 02:39 AM
Double murder in Rajshahi hotel room
Police yesterday recovered the bodies of a male and a female university student from a hotel room in the city's Shaheb Bazar area.
22 April 2016, 18:00 PM
RU teacher forced into retirement on 'sexual harassment' charge
Rajshahi University authorities send Prof Dr Kamrul Hasan Majumdar, a teacher of the Department of Geology and Mining, into forced retirement on charge of sexually harassing a female student of the university.
22 April 2016, 08:02 AM
RU expels 3 BCL leaders
Rajshahi University authorities expel three leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League of the university unit for beating three officials including the chief engineer last year.
30 March 2016, 12:04 PM
RU teacher killing: 2 JMB men’s death commuted to life
In a revision trial, a special court today commuted the death sentence of two operatives of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to life term imprisonment for killing a teacher of Rajshahi University in 2004.
24 February 2016, 10:29 AM
No 2nd time admission at RU too
Rajshahi University authorities decide to allow only freshly passed HSC students to appear in its admission tests for a single year from the 2016-17 academic session.
19 December 2015, 13:09 PM