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The results of the ‘Gha’ unit admission test under Social Science faculty of Dhaka University for session 2021-2022 session have been published. DU Vice Chancellor Prof. Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman unveiled the results at Abdul Motin Chowdhury virtual classroom of the univetsity around 1 pm. A total of 6,111 out of 71'262 students (8.58%) passed the exam against a total of 1781 seats. By providing information, candidates can check their results at admission.eis.du.ac.bd or use the short message service (SMS) available on any mobile operator, said a press release. For SMS notification of the result, candidates have to type DU GHA [exam roll] in message(sms) option and send it to 16321. Read: 10.39% students pass DU ‘Ka’ unit entry test Successful students have to fill the 'Subject Choice Form' online and submit it between 3 pm of July 7 to 5 pm of July 28. Students can apply for rechecking result from July 17 till July 21 at the dean office of Social Science faculty of Dhaka University by paying tk 1000. Anonyo Ganguli secured 1st position jn the test scoring 103.95 out of 120. Mohammad Tanjid Hasan Akash became 2nd scoring 103.44 and Aysha Jahan Samia 3rd scoring 93.1.

The results of the ‘Ka’ unit admission test under Science  Faculty  of Dhaka University for session 2021-2022  session have been published with a pass rate of 10.39 %. DU vice Chancellor prof. Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman unveiled the results at Abdul Motin Chowdhury virtual classroom around 12:30 pm on Monday. Read: DU MCJ teachers protests speech against ex-VC Arefin Siddique A total of 11,466 out of 11,0374  students passed the exam against a total of 1,781 seats. Asir Anjum Khan topped the list of successful candidates  scoring 115  out of 120. He also stood 1st in Buet admission test. Khalid Hasan Tuhin secured 2nd position while Zarifa Tabassum  got the 3rd place with the same score in the test. Top three students scored the same but their serial number was fixed considering the HSC and SSC exams results. By providing information, candidates can check their results at admission.eis.du.ac.bd or use the short message service (SMS) available on any mobile operator, said a press release. For SMS notification of the results, candidates have to type DU KHA [exam roll] in message (sms) option and send it to 16321. Read: 14.30% student pass DU ‘Ga’ unit entry test Successful students have to fill the 'Subject Choice Form' online and submit it between 3 pm of July 6   to 3 pm of July 21. Students can apply for rechecking the answer script from July 6  till July 21 at the dean office of pharmacy faculty of Dhaka University by paying Tk 1000. The result of Gha unit will be published on Tuesday at 1 pm.

The teachers of mass communication and journalism department of University of Dhaka protested the speech of MP Kazi Firoz Rashid against AAMS Arefin Siddique. Prof. AAMS Arefin Siddique was a teacher of MCJ department and served as vice-chancellor of Dhaka University for two terms. In this regard, a press release was issued by Dhaka University's Mass communication and journalism(MCJ) Department chairman prof. Abul Mansur Ahmed. Also read: 14.30% student pass DU ‘Ga’ unit entry test "We, the teachers of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, are very shocked by such a lie of a public representative. The actual information is Professor. AAMS Arefin Siddique obtained his PhD in 1986 from the renowned Mysore University of India. Besides, he has made countless students by making outstanding contributions over the last four decades in the spread of communication and journalism education in Bangladesh," the press release reads. It also says, "Kazi Firoz Rashid has to repent and ask forgiveness from Prof. Arefin Siddique for making such false statements about him." Also read: Fairs & discussions mark DU's anniversary celebrations Earlier, on June 30, while speaking on the closing day of the budget session, MP Kazi Firoz Rashid, said in his remarks that Prof. Dr. AAMS Arefin Siddique did not have a PhD degree which spread a notable impact on the teachers and the students of the department.

The results of the ‘Ga’ unit admission test under faculty of Business Studies of Dhaka University for session 2021-2022 have been published with a pass rate of 14.30%. DU vice Chancellor prof. Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman unveiled the results on the university website at Abdul Motin Chowdhury virtual classroom around 12.30 pm. A tolal of 4,289 out of 29,997 students passed the entry test.  Only top 1100 students will be allowed to fill up the subject choice forms against a total of 930 seats. READ: 2.56 per cent pass DU ‘Cha’ unit admission test By providing information, candidates can check their results at admission.eis.du.ac.bd or use the short message service (SMS) available on any mobile operator, said a press release. For SMS notification of the result, candidates have to type DU KHA [exam roll] in message(sms) option and send it to 16321. Students have to fill the 'Subject Choice Form' online and submit it between 3 pm of July 6  to 5pm of July 21 Students, who are not happy with their results, can apply for rechecking the exam script from July 6 at Business Faculty dean office of Dhaka University. Sarwar Hossen Khan topped the merit list scoring 116.75 out of 120 while Anima Parvez Elma stood 2nd scoring 110 out of 120 and Mohammad Abdullah Khan got 3rd position scoring 107.75. "The admission test result of 'Ka' unit under Science faculty for 2021-22 academic session will be published on July 4.

Nabiha Raidaa Scholarship was introduced at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) for meritorious students of  the university. MIST Commandant Maj Gen Md Wahid-uz-Zaman and Fair Group Chairman Ruhul Alam Al Mahbub handed over this year's Nabiha Raidaa Scholarship bank cheques to 18 MIST students at a ceremony held recently, said a press release. A four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between MIST and Fair Group at the ceremony. Read: Bangladeshi students to get FAU scholarships Mutassim Daiaan, Director of Fair Group, and Colonel Muhammad Romeo Nawrin Khan, on behalf of MIST signed the MoU to improve the quality of engineering and technical education in the country. Fair Group Advisor Major General Hamid R. Chowdhury (Retd.), Director-Administration Lt. Colonel Nur Mohammad Sikder (Retd.), Head of Communication & Corporate Philanthropy Hasnain Khurshed, COO-Factory Brig. Gen Akramul Haque (Retd.) and senior faculty of MIST attended the event.

The country's most coveted Dhaka University (DU) observed its 102nd birth anniversary on Friday through day-long programmes. DU Vice Chancellor Prof Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the celebration programmes by cutting a 102-pound cake at the central field of the university campus around 10am.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved a budget of nearly Tk 160 crore for Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia for the 2022-23 financial year. Of Tk 159.69 crore, Tk 1.42 crore (0.89 per cent) has been allocated as expenses for research this year, according to a university release. IU treasurer Prof Alamgir Hossain Bhuiya said that they had proposed a budget of Tk 210.40 crore to the UGC but it approved Tk 159.69 crore for the university. Also Read: RU student suspended for harassing teacher  

Rajshahi University (RU) has suspended a student of the Law Department allegedly for harassing a teacher of the same department. The suspended student is Md  Ashiqullah, a master's student, said university proctor Prof Ashabul Haque Wednesday afternoon. Read:RU student assaulted ‘by BCL men’ “The student has been suspended according to the decision of the university's disciplinary committee and the syndicate,” he said. Ashiqullah was confined to the department chairman’s room for two hours by the fellow students soon after he harassed Prof Asma Siddiqa. The teachers and students of the department later handed him over to the university administration. Professor Asma Siddiqa  said, “When I was about to leave the 4th year class, Ashiqullah blocked my way. When he asked me for a solution to an internal matter of the department, I asked him to talk to Chairman sir. But he misbehaved with me without hearing  my advice.” Read: Two more held for attack on RU student Professor Hasibul Alam Pradhan, chairman of the Law Department, said, “We have taken action against the accused student.” Meanwhile, students of the department staged a sit-in programme in front of the administrative building to press home their three-point demand including Ashiqullah’s expulsion.

Dhaka University Teachers Association (DUTA) has issued an official press release protesting and condemning the killing and humiliating teachers. "Recently, two different incidents of teacher torture have come to the notice of the Dhaka University Teachers' Association.  Swapan Kumar Biswas, principal of Mirzapur United College in Narail Sadar Upazila, has been accused of harboring so-called blasphemers in an incident on June 18," the press release reads. Read: College teacher ‘beaten by students with cricket stump’ dies in Savar  "In another incident, Utpal Kumar Sarkar, a college teacher in Ashulia, Savar, died on June 26 while undergoing treatment at the ICU after being beaten by his students."  "In both cases there is a complete breakdown of social tolerance.  In recent times, the indifference of a class of people towards religion has been hurting the non-communal consciousness and values of the country. We believe that religious intolerance is being perpetrated as part of a misguided attempt to confuse the common people for hindering the development and progress of the state," the press release says. DUTA also demanded a quick response to the administration to provide exemplary punishment for those who are involved in such heinous and illegal activities.

A section of students from Dhaka University (DU), basically hailing from Tangail, has staged a protest rally demanding justice for schoolboy Shihab Mia murder on Sunday. The rally was held in front of the Raju monument inside DU premises at 11:00am. Besides students and teachers from DU, many others from Tangail came to join the protest rally. Shihab was a fifth-grade student of Srishti Academic School in Tangail’s Bishwas Betka area. He was a resident of Berbari village under Tangail’s Sokhipur upazila. Shihab’s dead body was recovered from the residential building of his school on June 20. Later today, hospital sources revealed that Shihab was killed by strangulation. Dhaka University Senate Member and Sir F Rahman Hall Provost Professor KM Saiful Islam Khan, former General Secretary of BUET Chhatra League and Finance Secretary of Awami League sub-committee Md Ataullah, Shihab's father Md Elias Hossain and his sister attended the protest rally. Professor Dr KM Saiful Islam Khan said, "I saw Shihab’s body and noticed signs of injuries on his chest, hands, legs and back.  There were blood clots everywhere. Such an incident can never be called suicide." "It is impossible for any human being to do such an inhumane act," he added. Demanding justice, deceased’s father Elyas Hossen said, "My son was not too old to understand suicide. They killed my son after torturing him and later they spread propaganda saying that he committed suicide." Shihab's sister said, "My brother had taken admission to this school of his own will and he didn’t want to stay at home any longer as his exams were approaching. He had returned from his home just three days before his killing but I had no idea what would happen within just three days." “Such a child can never commit suicide,” she added. "When we tried to communicate with the school authority in this regard, we received different types of information. Some said he was ill, some said he got injured while he was playing and that’s why he was admitted to hospital. But, when we communicated with the hospital authority, they said that no such patient was brought to them," she also said. Demanding proper investigation of the incident, Shihab’s sister mentioned that later, a teacher of the school handed Shihab’s dead body to them.