Rajshahi University
Who was Prof Rezaul Karim?
Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a teacher of English literature at Rajshahi University killed by unknown assailants on April 23, 2016, was a peace loving person and never wrote anything to hurt anyone's religious sentiments, claim his family and neighbours.
23 April 2016
Attackers of slain professor must be brought to account: AI
In response to the killing of Rajshahi University Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique, Amnesty International says the attackers must be brought to account.
23 April 2016
RU teacher killing: Unknown people sued, ‘IS claims responsibility’
Police say they have found similarities between the murder of RU teacher Rezaul Karim Siddiquee and the killings of blogger and secular activists, pointing to the use of sharp weapons to cause heavy damage from rear. Slain professor's son sues anonymous people for the murder, which, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says, was claimed by militant group Islamic State.
23 April 2016
Teachers, students protest RU teacher’s murder
Students at Rajshahi University have been staging demonstration on the campus, protesting the murder of professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee. Miscreants kill Siddiquee, a professor of English department of the university, in Shalbagan area of the city.
23 April 2016
Another RU teacher killed brutally
Miscreants kill AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a professor of English department at Rajshahi University, in Shalbagan area of the city. Several persons, who have not been identified yet, swooped on him while he was waiting for university bus.
23 April 2016
Double murder in Rajshahi hotel room
Police yesterday recovered the bodies of a male and a female university student from a hotel room in the city's Shaheb Bazar area.
22 April 2016
RU teacher forced into retirement on 'sexual harassment' charge
Rajshahi University authorities send Prof Dr Kamrul Hasan Majumdar, a teacher of the Department of Geology and Mining, into forced retirement on charge of sexually harassing a female student of the university.
22 April 2016
RU expels 3 BCL leaders
Rajshahi University authorities expel three leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League of the university unit for beating three officials including the chief engineer last year.
30 March 2016
RU teacher killing: 2 JMB men’s death commuted to life
In a revision trial, a special court today commuted the death sentence of two operatives of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to life term imprisonment for killing a teacher of Rajshahi University in 2004.
24 February 2016
No 2nd time admission at RU too
Rajshahi University authorities decide to allow only freshly passed HSC students to appear in its admission tests for a single year from the 2016-17 academic session.
19 December 2015
11 charged with RU Prof Shafiul murder
Eleven people including a Jubo Dal leader is charged with the killing of Rajshahi University's sociology professor AKM Shafiul Islam.
17 December 2015
RU teacher killed in road crash
A professor of Rajshahi University is killed when a pickup van of Sundarban Courier Service rammed his motorbike in Natore town.
9 December 2015
Firing, blasts at RU hall
Two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student front of ruling Awami League, allegedly fires shots and blasts crude bombs at Rajshahi University in the wee hours to establish their supremacy on the campus.
5 December 2015
RU pro-Jamaat teacher sent to jail
A pro-Jamaat-e-Islami teacher of Rajshahi University is sent to jail for his alleged involvement in an attack on police during BNP-led 20-party alliance’s anti-government agitation this year.
4 December 2015
Job seekers block Dhaka-Rajshahi highway
Thousands of job seekers block the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway following the postponement of a recruitment test for Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB).
20 November 2015
Rajshahi University VC slammed
One of the fundamental prerequisites for good governance is the distinction between the party and the government. This stood blurred and now seems to be totally removed now.
5 November 2015
2 female RU students accuse BCL men of sexually harassment
Two female students are sexually harassed at Rajshahi University campus Monday evening by two Bangladesh Chhatra League activists.
6 October 2015
Public university teachers’ pay to get reviewed
Government forms cabinet committee to review pay structure of public university teachers after months of protests. The teachers have been terming the latest pay structure "disgraceful and discriminatory".
16 September 2015
RU students block Dhaka-Rajshahi highway for half an hour
Students of the Rajshahi University (RU) blockades the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Rajshahi city for half an hour demanding the arrest of the three-wheeler drivers who beat up three RU students last night.
22 August 2015
Univ teachers to stage demo for separate pay scale
Teachers of different public universities will observe three-hour work abstention and sit-in demonstration programmes at respective universities tomorrow, protesting the proposed 8th national pay scale and demanding a separate one for them.
15 August 2015