A female student of Rajshahi University (RU) was found hanging at a residence in the district's Dharampur area on Friday midnight. The deceased was identified as Mst. Rikta Akhter, 21, a second-year student of the Law department of the university and hailed from Jotpara village of Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia. She used to live in a rented house in the Dharampur area adjacent to the university with her husband Abdullah Ishtiaq Rabbi, also a second-year student in the university’s Applied Mathematics Department hailing from Porahati of Harinakundu Upazilla of Jhenaidah. Quoting Rabbi, police said he found Rita hanging in their window on Friday night. Later, Rabbi along with his friend took her to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where on-duty doctors declared her dead on arrival. Read: Female CU student 'kills herself' Rita's father Liakat Ali Joarder filed a complaint with Motihar police accusing Rabbi, said Anwar Ali Tuhin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Motihar Police Station.   Later, police arrested Rabbi and sent him to jail through a Rajshahi court, added the OC.

Police have arrested three people in connection with the attack on a Rajshahi University student at a hostel in the Amzader More area of the city on Wednesday night. The arrestees have been identified as Nazmul, owner of NR Chhatrabash, and his two staff -- Loban and Shariful, said Anwar Hossain Tuhin, officer-in-charge of Motihar police station. The three were arrested during a drive on Thursday after a case was filed at the police station following a complaint from the victim Saffat Naeem Nafi’s friend Sharif, said the OC. Also read: RU student stabbed, students stage demo demanding arrest of attackers Saffat, a student of the physics department of the 2019-20 session, is currently being treated at Dhaka's National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) after being stabbed by miscreants. Ibrahim Hossain, a student of the same department and also a witness to the crime, said they went to NR hostel that night to resolve a problem among RU student Sharif and some admission seekers staying at the hostel. "At one stage, some people came to the hostel gate and suddenly attacked us. We managed to escape but Saffat was stabbed,” he added. The students of the physics department staged a sit-in protesting the attack in front of the university vice-chancellor’s residence on Thursday morning. They dispersed only after an assurance from the vice-chancellor. Also read: Gazipur college girl allegedly stabbed for saying no to marriage proposal RU proctor Professor Ashabul Haque said that he heard that some junior students in the mess had locked into an altercation with Sharif for not offering namaz. "Some people, including Nafi, went to resolve the issue. A meeting was also held at the hostel that night and the mess owner was also present there," he added.

A Rajshahi University student on Thursday night reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his village home at Jashore. The deceased was identified as Imrul Kayes, a 3rd-year honor's student of Mass Communication and Journalism department of Rajshahi University. Imrul Kayes was a residential student of Sher-E-Bangla hall of the university and hailed from Ganganandapur village of Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore. Also read: 4 girls attempt suicide at Social Services Dept-run rehab centre He was the eldest son of 3 siblings. His parents are employees of a private institution. According to his classmates' statements, Imrul was mentally depressed. He was not satisfied with his life. Earlier, he was taken to a rehabilitation center for his unnatural behavior. He demanded a DSLR camera from his parents but they didn't give it. Late at night, he hanged himself from a fan. The dead body was recovered by breaking the door. Also read: Woman poisons daughter, commits suicide in Jashore Mass Communication and Journalism department chairman professor Mustak Ahmed said, "We are expressing condolences to his family on behalf of the department." Imrul had been posting depressed messages on his Facebook wall for a few days. He also mentioned 'suicide' in some of his posts.

A female student of Rajshahi University reportedly killed herself at her rented mess in the city on early Sunday.

The teachers and students of Rajshahi University on Saturday gave a 24-hour ultimatum to spot the killers of a former RU student who was stabbed to death by unknown miscreants in Savar.