The Rajshahi University authority has decided to hold the examinations in-person from June 20. The exams that were postponed in 2019, then in 2020 due to the pandemic, will all be held in two phases starting later this month. The decisions came from a meeting held on Thursday between the university administration, deans of the faculties, chairpersons of the departments and directors of the institutes of the university. Also read: DU to take exams online from July 1 if Covid situation remains unchanged RU public relation office administrator professor Md. Ajijur Rahman informed this through a press release. Engineering faculty dean professor Md. Ekramul Hamid said those examinations which were postponed in 2019 will start from June 20,  and examinations from 2020 will be held from July 4. Also read: All professional MBBS final exams postponed Academic committees of each department will decide to make a routine for exams following the determined dates. They will shorten the syllabuses if needed, he added. RU acting vice-chancellor professor Ananda Kumar Saha said dormitories of the university will open if the government instructs to that effect. Otherwise, the dormitories will remain closed. Read Pros and Cons of Reopening Educational Institutions during Pandemic

The Vice Chancellor (VC) of Rajshahi University (RU) Prof. M Abdus Sobhan on Sunday was locked up in his residential building by the leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) RU wing. A meeting of the Finance Committee was scheduled at 10:30 am in the VC's residential building. It is learned that the protesters locked the main gate of the building at 8:30 am to postpone the meeting disrupting the members of the committee. RU Proctor Prof. Lutfar Rahman said, "There was a meeting of the finance committee today, but no one from the committee could enter the building for the protesters." Faruk Hasan, vice-president of the RU BCL said, “The education ministry had sent a letter last December alleging various irregularities against the VC. This clarifies his involvement with corruption.” He further said that they feared VC M Abdus Sobhan would commit major irregularities in Sunday's meeting and that's why they had taken a stand to postpone the meeting.

Rajshahi University has opened its official Facebook page.