Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, former professor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, today called the university’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Farid Uddin Ahmed “a monster.”

Expressing his frustration with the arrest of five former students for financially supporting the ongoing movement demanding the resignation of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Vice-Chancellor Prof Farid Uddin Ahmed, Dr Zafar Iqbal told reporters, "It's not a crime to support a student movement."

Twenty-eight Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) students ended their 'hunger strike until death' after 163 hours, at 10:20am today -- at the request of renowned writer and former SUST Professor Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.

Renowned writer and academic Professor Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is on his way to Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST).

The Criminal Investigation Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Monday detained five former students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology for donating money to demonstrating students on campus demanding the resignation of the vice-chancellor.

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.

A case has been filed against five former students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet, who were picked up earlier by law enforcers.

Criminal Investigation Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has handed over five former students of Sylhet University of Science and Technology, whom they picked up earlier, to Sylhet police.

School closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic have caused "nearly insurmountable" losses in education among children around the world, UNICEF said on Monday.

Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) early today reconnected electricity to the VC's residence after over 30 hours.

The mobile banking numbers of the current and former SUST students used to receive financial assistance for the ongoing protest have stopped working since last afternoon, said students of the university.

Two former students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) were picked up allegedly by members of Criminal Investigation Department last night.

The anti-sexual harassment cell at Jahangirnagar University remains almost non-functional even after a decade of inception.

Protesting students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology are waiting for President Abdul Hamid’s response to their open letter sent to Bangabhaban on January 18.

A third party is trying to take advantage of the students’ movement at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) which is demanding the resignation of its Vice-Chancellor Prof Farid Uddin Ahmed, Dhaka University Teachers Association (DUTA) said in a statement today.

Prof Farid Uddin Ahmed, vice-chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), today apologised to Jahangirnagar University students and teachers for his earlier remarks on female students of JU.

According to an online poll by Jahangirnagar University students, 95.04 percent students want university dormitories to remain open.

A group of teachers from several universities started a three-hour token hunger strike this noon to express solidarity with the students of Sylhet’s Shahjalal University of Science and Technology demanding resignation of its vice-chancellor.

A source of light, Chanbaru Memorial Library has now become a centre of learning for students and teachers as well as for other villagers.

Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday told parliament that it was essential to have Qwami madrasas registered with the relevant authorities of the government for ensuring a time-befitting system for such institutions.