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Dhaka University orders residential halls vacated by 5pm Sunday amid quake panic

Dhaka, Nov. 23 -- Dhaka University (DU) has ordered all students to leave their residential halls by 5pm on Sunday, a day after the institution declared a 15-day closure in response to mounting anxiet... Read More


Dhaka University announces 15-day closure as tremor fears grip students

Dhaka, Nov. 22 -- Dhaka University has declared a 15-day closure as concerns mount over students' safety following repeated tremors. Prof M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, the university's treasurer, told b... Read More


DU suspends classes, exams amid earthquake panic

Dhaka, Nov. 22 -- Dhaka University administration has announced the suspension of all classes and exams scheduled for Nov 23 following a third earthquake in the country, which left some students injur... Read More


Six students injured at Dhaka University after fresh quake triggers panic

Dhaka, Nov. 22 -- A 3.7-magnitude tremor has left six Dhaka University students injured after they panicked and tried to rush out of their residential halls. On Saturday, three students were hurt at ... Read More


BNP leader Salahuddin warns against 'commercialising' spirit of July Uprising

Dhaka, Nov. 22 -- BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed has called on political groups not to claim "exclusive ownership" of last year's student-led mass uprising, warning that attempts to "commercialise its sp... Read More


Three injured as students leap from halls at Dhaka University amid quake panic

Dhaka, Nov. 21 -- Three students of Dhaka University have been injured after they leapt from the three-storey Hajji Muhammad Mohsin Hall and the four-storey Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall in panic as a... Read More


Caretaker govt will make future elections 'structured, acceptable', says BNP's Khosru

Dhaka, Nov. 20 -- The caretaker government will make the future elections "structured and acceptable," believes BNP leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. The BNP Standing Committee member said that, i... Read More


Four university unions call for 'sacking' of teachers who supported death-row convict Hasina

Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Four autonomous university student unions have demanded the dismissal of teachers who issued statements in support of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was sentenced to death ... Read More


Ordinary citizens struggle to understand referendum, says BNP's Salahuddin

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Senior BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed has said the questions included in the July National Charter referendum are "beyond comprehension" of ordinary people. He made the comments on Mon... Read More


Jubilation, sweets distribution as Hasina verdict sends TSC into raptures

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Crowds at Dhaka University's TSC have erupted into celebration after Sheikh Hasina was handed a death sentence over the deadly crackdown on the July Uprising. On Monday afternoon, t... Read More