Dhaka, Nov. 23 -- Several residential halls of Dhaka University (DU) sustained damage and a number of students were injured in Friday's earthquake, drawing sharp concern from the White Panel, a group of DU teachers aligned with Bangladesh nationalist ideology.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the panel's Convener Professor Dr. Morshed Hasan Khan, Joint Convenors Prof Dr. Abdus Salam and Prof Dr. Abul Kalam Sarkar expressed grave worry over the incident.
The White Panel leaders said the damage exposed the vulnerability of the university's residential infrastructure and revealed a worrying level of indifference toward student safety.
They urged the university authorities to take immediate steps to ensure proper medical care for the injur...