A student of Islamic University died of cardiac arrest on Friday morning, his family said. The deceased was identified as Mir Mohammad Rafin, hailing from Bhabanipur village of Rajbari district. He was a master's student in the public administration department of the university. Family members said Rafin died on the way to the hospital following a heart attack around 9.30 am in the morning. He had been suffering from heart problems for several months. Read: Two teens drown in NCC lake Prof. Lutfar Rahman, president of the department of public administration, expressed profound shock at the death of Rafin. He prayed for the eternal salvation of the departed soul and expressed sympathy to the bereaved family.

The members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested a student of Islamic University from Bokchor Hushtola area in Jashore for spreading rumor on social media Facebook. RAB Jashore camp company commander Lt Col Naziur Rahman announced the matter in a press conference on Saturday. The arrested Shovon Das, 27, son of Shyamol Kumar Das, a resident of village Jokarchor in Norail district, was a masters' final student of statistics department of the university. Read: Disinformation on social media: Badrunnessa College teacher held for questioning He was shown arrested in a case filed under Digital Security Act with Jashore police station, the RAB official said. Shovon shared several religious provocative posts and links from his Facebook account at different times from October 15 to October 22. The post contained various rumors including rape of Hindu women and killing of priests. Read: A man held for alleged social media posts on militancy Shovon was produced before court the court, Naziur said. According to his family members, RAB called Shovon to their Jashore office for discussing regarding the matter of sharing the posts. Later, they shown him arrested.

A female student of the Department of Law and Land Management at the Islamic University reportedly took her own life at Adarshapara area in Jhenaidah sadar upazila on Saturday evening.

Police have arrested the prime suspect in a case filed over the killing of Islamic University student Ulfat Ara Tinni.

The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) of police on Tuesday arrested a university student along with 500 grams of heroin from Katakhali municipal area of Rajshahi.

Miscreants looted valuables from a female student of  Islamic University at Talipara in Kushtia sadar upazila on Thursday night.