Rajshahi University

My beloved country cannot be bloodied like this: Shakib Khan

Following violent clashes between student protesters and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists at different public universities around the country, celebrities have voiced their support for the quota reform movement. The July 15 incident left approximately 300 people injured, including female students and BCL members. As of July 17 (3:00pm), six fatalities have been reported due to the ongoing unrest.

Student dies amid jaundice outbreak in Rajshahi univ

A Rajshahi University student died of kidney failure and jaundice at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Monday evening, say the hospital authorities.

A teachers’ leader becoming a proctor can’t be good news

The intertwining of roles raises ethical concerns surrounding potential conflicts of interest.

A Rajshahi University scholar who has helped little magazines thrive

Four little magazines have been published under his editorship.

Indomitable Balayet suffers injury before JU admission test 

Fifty-five-year-old Balayet Sheikh, who made positive news when he decided to sit for Dhaka University admission test, sustained injuries while he was going to Jahangirnagar University on a bus today (July 30, 2022) to take part in the admission test.

RU student found dead at husband’s residence in Dhaka

A student of Rajshahi University (RU) was found dead at her husband’s residence at Mohammadpur in Dhaka today (June 6, 2022).

RU halts teacher’s promotion over sexual harassment of 2 students 

Rajshahi University authorities have suspended the four-year increment of a teacher, and also his promotion, for harassing – sexually and mentally – two students of the university’s Institute of Education and Research (IER).

Ensuring education quality: Rajshahi University to reduce number of seats

Authorities of Rajshahi University (RU) have decided to reduce the number of seats from next academic year.

To ‘discourage TikTokers’ RU bans unnecessary movement on campus during Eid

RU authorities banned unnecessary movement on the campus during the 10-day vacation starting Tuesday.

April 23, 2016
April 23, 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.

April 23, 2016
April 23, 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.

April 22, 2016
April 22, 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.

March 30, 2016
March 30, 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.

February 24, 2016
February 24, 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.

December 19, 2015
December 19, 2015

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.

December 17, 2015
December 17, 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.

December 9, 2015
December 9, 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.

December 5, 2015
December 5, 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.

December 4, 2015
December 4, 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.