‘Let my mother know I am here’
6 March 2026, 00:00 AM
A haunting message scrawled on the wall of a secret detention cell has revealed the grim reality of enforced disappearances, a survivor told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday.
6 March 2026, 00:00 AM
‘Forgive me if we don’t meet again’
5 March 2026, 00:00 AM
A father broke down before the International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday as he recounted his final phone call with his 22-year-old son, Osman Patwari, who sought forgiveness before joining the July uprising in Lakshmipur and said they might never meet again.
5 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Six to hang for Ashulia killings during July uprising
6 February 2026, 04:23 AM
A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday sentenced six people, including a former lawmaker, to death for the killing of seven people during the July 2024 uprising in Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital, where the victims were loaded into a vehicle and set on fire, with at least one still alive.
6 February 2026, 04:23 AM
Chankharpul killings: Ex-DMP chief Habibur, two others to die
27 January 2026, 02:22 AM
Three former senior police officials, including ex-DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, were sentenced to death yesterday for the killing of six people in Dhaka’s Chankharpul area during the July uprising.
27 January 2026, 02:22 AM
Chankharpul Killings / ICT verdict brings grief, not closure, for families
27 January 2026, 00:00 AM
For one and a half years, Sheikh Jamal Hasan counted each day, waiting for justice for his only son, Sheikh Mahdi Hasan Junaid.
27 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Bombs or gravel? Defence challenges ICT Chief Prosecutor Tajul’s earlier claim
14 December 2025, 15:37 PM
Dispute over alleged time bombs surfaces during charge hearing in enforced disappearance case
14 December 2025, 15:37 PM
‘Amar shonar Bangla’: Palak sings from prison van as cameras roll
8 December 2025, 14:44 PM
National anthem stunt at International Crimes Tribunal premises goes viral
8 December 2025, 14:44 PM
A courtroom of tears and prayers
17 November 2025, 18:17 PM
From the early hours, the air inside the courtroom of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 felt thick with anticipation and grief.
17 November 2025, 18:17 PM
DU BCL leaders accused of demanding Tk 10 lakh extortion, 7 shops closed
Seven shops in the Ananda Bazar area, adjacent to Amar Ekushey Hall of Dhaka University, have been kept shut since March 13, as two leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League of the hall unit demanded Tk 10 lakh as extortion from the shops' owners.
20 March 2022, 14:34 PM
BUET offering up to Tk 45,000 fellowship for students to encourage research
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) authorities have decided to offer fellowships to 50 Master's and PhD students in order to encourage and increase their focus on research work.
17 March 2022, 09:15 AM
Does anyone ever leave DU?
The central playground of Dhaka University almost seemed like it accommodated the whole campus on that one field yesterday.
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Buet plans to introduce on-campus jobs for students
Authorities of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) are planning to introduce on-campus jobs for students.
10 March 2022, 18:00 PM
BUET planning to introduce on-campus jobs for students
Authorities of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) are planning to introduce on-campus jobs for students.
10 March 2022, 11:12 AM
Sexual Harassment of DU Student: Initial probe finds proof against teacher
A female student of Dhaka University (DU) has brought an allegation of sexual harassment against a teacher. Primarily, a probe committee has found proof of the allegation, informed DU sources.
9 March 2022, 18:00 PM
From Nilkhet Barrack to ‘Kala Bhaban’
Over the years, Aparajeyo Bangla and Kala Bhaban have become enduring symbols of Dhaka University. Before the ‘60s, the same spot housed a residential area for government staffers, known as Nilkhet Barrack.
19 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Ain Parishad was there for the movement
On February 21, 1952, the protesters had two programmes to press home their demand for Bangla as a state language. One, the section 144 had to go, and two, taking a memorial plaque to the East Pakistan Ain Parishad.
16 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Session jam only getting longer at DU
Students of different departments from the academic session of 2016-17 at Dhaka University, who are done with the final exams, are unable to apply for jobs due to delay in publishing results.
25 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Politics in Buet: Majority against holding student union polls
Organisational student and teacher politics was banned at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), after common students protested following the killing of Abrar Fahad by members of Chhatra League in 2019.
18 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Years of neglect erasing embodiments of history at Dhaka University
Amidst the excitement of centenary celebrations diffusing across Dhaka University (DU) campus, a number of university buildings have been adorned with vibrant lights and decorations.
10 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Plan to Overhaul Landscape: Drastic changes designed for DU
Plans are afoot to change the landscape of Dhaka University.
3 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Glorious past beckons, present struggle persists
Withstanding all blows in the past, Dhaka University rose again and again, like the mythical Phoenix burning itself to ashes and springing back to life once more, taking the country past great moments like the Language Movement to Liberation War to the anti-autocratic movement.
1 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Debacle over Ducsu
Sincere support from “all quarters” is required to hold the next Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) polls, university Vice Chancellor Prof M Akhtaruzzaman said yesterday.
20 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Low on quality, high on price
It has barely been a month since Dhaka University has reopened, but students have already started to find themselves pinched by various problems. One of them, increasing food prices at the university’s canteens, is becoming a particular headache, students said.
17 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Joyous reunion at DU after 18 months
The Dhaka University campus was abuzz with students as face-to-face teaching resumed yesterday after 18 months of closure due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
17 October 2021, 18:00 PM
DU Dormitories: The ghost of ‘Gono Rooms’ still haunts
Although Dhaka University authorities recently spoke of their desire to get rid of “Gono” rooms at dormitories, first-year students had no other choice than to cram into such rooms again as the residential halls fully reopened on Sunday after a Covid-induced closure of a year and a half.
11 October 2021, 18:00 PM
DU students reunite after 18 months
Saimun Islam, a student of Arabic at Dhaka University, was in the line to enter his dormitory -- Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Haq Hall -- yesterday morning. Saimun, of Noakhali, was eagerly waiting for this day. He had left his dorm around 18 months ago.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Fear of illegal occupancy looms
The Dhaka University (DU) administration has decided to end the crammed “gono room culture” at its dormitories, shifting students who were staying there before the pandemic to regular dorm rooms amid concerns over health safety.
26 September 2021, 18:00 PM
DU Students’ Vaccination: 43pc jabbed as DU prepares to reopen
Around forty-three percent of Dhaka University students got Covid shots until yesterday and the university authorities are thinking about reopening dormitories in the first week of next month.
16 September 2021, 18:00 PM