Dhaka University

DU sets up Covid-19 testing lab

A coronavirus testing lab has been set up in the Centre for Advance Research of Dhaka University in the social science faculty building.
Only enrolled students will be allowed to stay at dorms after reopening: DU authorities

The Dhaka University (DU) authorities decide to allow only enrolled students to stay at the dormitories once the university opens.
JU decides not to go for uniform admission test

After four top public universities, the authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have decided not to adopt uniform admission test proposed by the governing commission last December.
DU, RU won’t adopt uniform admission test

The authorities of Dhaka University and Rajshahi University decide not to adopt the uniform admission test – initiated by the UGC -- to enrol students.
DU demands withdrawal of pre-liberation DLitt degrees of 3 Pakistanis

Teachers and students of Dhaka University’s linguistics department have went on a sit-in programme, demanding withdrawal of the honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) degree from former Pakistani autocrat ruler Ayub Khan, President Iskandar Mirza and the country’s then premier Khawaja Nazimuddin.
DU teacher relieved of academic activities for ‘threatening students’

A Dhaka University teacher has been relieved of all academic activities for allegedly threatening some students of his pharmaceutical technology department.
DU publishes revised result of ‘Ka’ unit

The authorities of Dhaka University publishes the revised results of its ‘Ka’ unit admission test for the academic session 2019-2020.
Leave halls in 15 days after final exams

Dhaka University students will have to leave their dormitories within 15 days of completing their Master’s degree examinations, the university authorities announced on Wednesday night.
Masters students must leave halls within 15 days after exam: DU

Students who are appearing in masters examination will have to leave their dormitories within fifteen days of completion of their exams, announce the authorities of Dhaka University.
BCL man suspended from DU Bijoy Ekattor Hall

Dhaka University’s Bijoy Ekattor Hall authorities have suspended a student for beating up a fresher with a cricket stump.
DU students attacked during anti-graft demo

A section of students have come under attack by some unruly persons when they went to lay siege to the dean office of the Business Faculty (evening program) of Dhaka University.
Pro-AL panel sweeps DU dean election

Pro-Awami League “blue panel” swept the dean election at Dhaka University, winning nine posts out of 10 in polls held today.
Tougher demo if no action against attackers by April 8: Nur

Ducsu VP Nurul Haq Nur threatens to launch a tougher movement if the authorities of Dhaka University do not take any action by April 8 against those who assaulted him and a resident student in two separate incidents.
I am happy as well as sad: Nur

Terming the recent Ducsu elections “tainted and questionable”, its Vice President Nurul Haque Nur says he assumed office only to continue to place the demand for reelection before the Dhaka University authorities.
DUCSU Election - Let us not become the ostrich

What happened in the Ducsu “election”—which was made into a farcical show by the Dhaka University authorities, including the Vice Chancellor and the teachers of the institution—requires no elaboration.
Teachers want to observe Ducsu polls

A group of teachers have sought permission of Dhaka University authorities to observe the elections to its central students union tomorrow.
Ducsu Polls: Suddenly so dear to them

Even in the recent past, Dhaka University students cowered away at the thought of politics on the campus as it only involved muscle power.
Attempted kidnapping: 4 asked to surrender

The High Court has directed four persons to surrender over attempted kidnapping of a female Dhaka University student.
Romance with foreign languages

Courses on foreign languages offered by the Institute of Modern Language (IML) of Dhaka University (DU) are gaining huge popularity among students who want to explore them internationally.
DU holds fresh 'Gha' unit entry test

The first-year Honour’s re-admission test for the 2018-19 academic session of “Gha” unit under the Social Science faculty of Dhaka University (DU) is to be held on Friday, November 16.
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.
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).
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.
‘Propaganda going on over notice on outsiders’ entry into DU campus’

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.
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.
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.
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.
'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”.
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.
Pro-AL panel bags DU syndicate polls

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