DU Mourning Day observed
Teachers, students and employees of Dhaka University yesterday wore black badges, observed one minute silence and brought out mourning procession among other commemorative activities for the roof collapse victims of a Jagannath Hall building in 1985.
DU authorities hoisted black flags, kept the university flag at half-mast and arranged special prayers to mark the mourning day yesterday.
DU Vice-chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, Pro-VC Harun-Or-Rashid, and Jagannath Hall Provost Prof Ajoy Kumar Das placed wreaths at October Memorial Plaque.
Thirty-nine people including 26 students died on the spot after the roof of a one-storied building at the dormitory collapsed on October 15, 1985.
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