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21 DU students stuck in flood-hit eatery at Sunamganj
Some 21 students of Dhaka University have been trapped by floods in a restaurant on to visit to Tanguar Haor in Sunamganj district.
Running out of water and food on Friday they called out for immediate rescue.
Three days ago the students went to Tanguar Haor in Sunamganj on an excursion.
They took refuse in Pansi restaurant when the flood situation of the district turned serious on Thursday.
Nineteen of the stranded students are from the university's Mass Communication and Journalism department. Of the stranded students seven are female.
Stranded Shoaib Ahmed, a third- year student of Mass Communication and Journalism department sent a SOS saying, "We are in dire need of food and drinking water and there is no toilet facility here. Here, most of our phone is out of battery and not working properly due to poor network.
Speaking on behalf of the group he called for their immediate rescue.
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Another student of the group Usama Rafid, posted on his Facebook timeline 16 hours back that "We all have some stories to tell. From a random tour to survival thriller."
When asked, Dhaka University Proctor AKM Golam Rabbani said, "I am in touch with the local administration. We have asked the cooperation of local administration and local people's representatives in this regard. We strongly urged them to rescue the students by sending trained rescue teams if necessary. "
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"I have talked to the trapped students. They are still well and healthy. I have spoken to the SP and DC and asked them for emergency assistance, food and rescue," he added.
DU holds 'Cha' unit admission test
Dhaka University (DU) on Friday held the admission test of the 'Cha' unit under the Faculty of Fine Arts for the 2021-22 academic session.The test was held at designated examination centres across the eight divisions of the country. The test began at 11 am for a duration of one-and-a-half hours."This year, we decided to hold the exams in all eight divisions of the country to minimise the sufferings of the candidates and their parents," said DU vice-chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman after visiting an exam center of Fine Arts faculty.
Also read: DU Senate expunges 'Bangladesh Zindabad' from teacher's address"Fine Arts faculty dean Prof. Nisar Hossen coordinating the unit exam and vice-chancellors of the respective universities are helping us in this regard. I was told that the exams were held smoothly," he said.As 57 students are competing for every single seat of Fine Arts faculty, this year a total of 7440 students applied against 130 seats of 'Cha' unitCha unit admission test has been taken in two steps as students give MCQ test then selected students sit for writen and drawing test. The drawing test will be held on July 2.
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DU Senate expunges 'Bangladesh Zindabad' from teacher's address
Dhaka University Senate has expunged the words 'Bangladesh Zindabad' spoken by a member of the BNP-backed White panel of teachers at the annual session.
The issue came to light when some teachers of Awami League backed Blue panel raised their voice against Prof. Obaidul Islam ending his speech with 'Bangladesh Zindabad' at the annual session of DU Senate.
DU Pro- Vice Chancellor Prof. Mohammad Samad in his remarks strongly protested the address of Dr. Obaidul Islam.
Senate chairman, DU VC also protested and expunged that part of the address of Prof. Obaidul Islam, saying that "any word that is contradictory with the sense and value of Liberation War" shall not be uttered in such a place.
But Dr. Obaidul Islam defended himself saying that he has freedom of speech and it is not unethical to use the word 'Zindabad' as Bangladeshi law and constitution do not ban using this word.
He also asked DU VC to show him if it is illegal to use the word 'Zindabad' and when it was banned?
”Zindabad is related to anti-liberation forces and Pakistanis used to use this word, (so) we shall avoid this word," VC replied.
"Freedom of speech does not mean to say anything you want. Freedom of speech does not give you the right to use words that are contradictory to the values of our liberation," he added.
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DU holds 'Gha' unit admission test
Dhaka University (DU) on Saturday held the admission test of the 'Gha' unit under the Faculty of Social Science for the 2021-22 academic session.
The test was held at designated examination centres across the eight divisions of the country. The test began at 11am for a duration of one-and-a-half hours.
"This year, we decided to hold the exams in all eight divisions of the country to minimise the sufferings of the candidates and their parents," said DU vice-chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman after visiting an exam center of Social science faculty building.
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"Social Science faculty dean Prof. Dr. Zia Rahman coordinating the unit exam and vice-chancellors of the respective universities are helping us in this regard. I was told that the exams were held smoothly," he said.
Asked about QS University ranking position, he said, "We have no attention on ranking. We want to improve the quality of education, expand the field of basic research and the parameters of ranking in the international arena like research, foreign students, foreign teachers, the overall learning environment, the quality of life of students and we need to address it soon."
He said, "If we can build a university in the light of all these indicators, then the place of our expectations in the international arena will be clearer. It is very difficult to expect good ranking position improving the parameters that are used for ranking."
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59 students are competing for every seat of social science faculty as 78,045 students have applied for 1,337 seats in 'Gha' unit under the faculty of Social Science.
'Gha' unit exam is a group changing exam in which students of all groups (Science, Commerce and Arts) can participate.
DU holds 'Ka' unit admission test
Dhaka University (DU) on Friday held the admission test of the 'Ka' unit under the Faculty of Science for the 2021-22 academic session.
The test was held at designated exam centres across the eight divisions of the country. The test began at 11am for a duration of one-and-a-half hours.
"This year, we decided to hold the exams in all eight divisions of the country to minimise the sufferings of the candidates and their parents," said DU vice-chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman after visiting an exam centre at Curzon hall.
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"Pharmacy faculty dean Prof Dr Sitesh Chandra Bachar coordinating the unit exam and vice-chancellors of the respective universities helped us in this regard. I was told that the exams were held smoothly," he said.
This year, 1,15,726 students had applied for 1,851 seats in the 'Ka' unit.
Besides DU, the admission test was held at the University of Chittagong, the University of Rajshahi, Khulna University, University of Barishal, Bangladesh Agricultural University of Mymensingh, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet and Begum Rokeya University of Rangpur.
DU holds 'Ga' unit admission test
Dhaka University (DU) on Friday held the admission test of the 'Ga' unit under the Faculty of Business Studies for the 2021-22 academic session.
The test was held in eight divisions across the country. The test began at 11am for a duration of one-and-a-half hours.
"This year, we decided to hold the exams in all eight divisions of the country to minimise the sufferings of the candidates and their parents," said DU vice-chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman.
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DU student jumps off 16-story building, dies
A 22-year-old BBA second-year student of Dhaka University (DU) killed herself by jumping off the roof of the 16-story building of her home in the capital's Mohammadpur Wednesday, police said.
Zaina Habib, a student of the Department of Accounting and Information Systems, would live in the Japan Garden City of Adabor.
Mujib Ahmed Patwari, assistant commissioner of Mohammadpur Zone Police, said after examining closed-circuit television footage of the roof they found that Zaina had committed suicide.
Zaina went to the top of their apartment building and locked its door around 5pm when it was raining.
At one point, she jumped off the roof, leaving a suicide note, and died on the spot, Mujib said. "Police handed over the body to Zaina's family instead of taking it away for a postmortem as they did not make any complaint about the death."
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Tension mounts as BCL, JCD clash at DU
Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) locked into a clash on Dhaka University campus on Thursday, leaving several of them injured .
Police said seven JCD activists were injured in the clash in front of Shilpakala Academy around 12 pm while JCD leaders claimed that over 30 of their activists were injured in the clash.
Activists of BCL, student wing of Awami League, from different dormitories of Dhaka University equipped with bamboo sticks, wood, iron rods, steel pipes and helmets attacked the JCD activists when they were marching towards Doel Chattar with a procession as per their pre-scheduled prigramme, said witnesses.
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Newly nominated BCL hall leaders led the BCL activists who carried out the attack, alleged some JCD activists.
DU Blue panel again bags victory in elections for Senate
The ruling Awami League-backed Blue panel of Dhaka University teachers has bagged victory in the Senate elections held today at the university's Nawab Ali Chowdhury building.
Blue panel bagged 32 votes out of a total of 35 votes, whereas BNP-backed White panel secured only 3 votes. Elected teachers will be valid as Senate members for next three years.
The voting procedure started at 9 am and ended at 2 pm today.
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Treasurer of University of Dhaka Prof. Momtaz Uddin was in-charge of the election as commissioner and he declared the results around 4.30 pm today.
The DU Senate is the highest policymaking body of the University where its policies are determined and enacted. The total number of Senate members is 105 of which 35 seats are reserved for the teachers. The last election for teachers' seats in the Senate body was held in 2017.
35 hurt in BCL-JCD clash in Dhaka
More than 35 people were injured in back-to-back clashes between activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in Dhaka's Central Shaheed Minar area on Tuesday.
“So far, some 35 people have received first aid for injuries from the first clash at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) but none has been admitted yet," said Bacchu Mia, inspector in-charge of DMCH police outpost.
According to witnesses, the JCD members were rallying towards Dhaka University (DU) around 9.30am when some BCL activists attacked them near the Shaheed Minar area, resulting in a chase, a counter-chase and throwing of brick chips between the two groups before they dispersed near the campus.
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