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AKM Rakib, a 13th batch student of the Botany department of the university, announced the withdrawal of his hunger strike in front of the secretariat in the evening. The students launched a mass hunger strike on Sunday to press their three-point demands and declared a “complete shutdown” in the university this morning. They also locked […]
Under this arrangement, the applicant has the opportunity to remain under the supervision of a probation officer and live with his or her family, subject to conditions ordered by the court. The post of Probation Officer comes under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social Services. According to Section No. 5 of the Probation Law, […]
The committee included member secretary and deputy registrar of JNU Ranjan Kumar, members professor Abul Hussain, professor Mohammad Masood Billah and Johar Ahmed. Later, the committee also visited Kotwali Model Police Station in Kamila and spoke to the investigating officer of the case which Abantika's mother had lodged against her for harassing her. The committee […]
He said the university's syndicate decided to suspend Shahid Emon and remove the department chairman from his post. The female student had become vocal about harassment following the suicide of JNU student Fairuz Sadaf Abantika, who died soon after accusing her classmate and an assistant proctor of mentally abusing her. The student of Film and […]
Both reports state that this environment of injustice has emerged under the influence of power and political patronage and has more or less become the norm. The matter of concern is that allegations of sexual harassment are made against teachers as much as students. Many of these teachers are relatively young. Although there is no […]
JU Cell documents revealed that victims filed 14 complaints between January, 2022 and March, 2024. Of them, 12 have been disposed of while two are under investigation. In the resolved incidents, various types of punishments were given to the accused. A JU student was expelled for six months and fined Tk 50,000 for harassing a […]
Abantika, a student of JNU's law department for the academic year 2017-18, hanged herself at her Cumilla residence around 10:00 pm on Friday night after accusing her classmate Amman and assistant proctor Deen Islam in a Facebook post. Hours after Abantika's death by suicide, massive protests broke out in the university and continued till Saturday […]
Following the suicide of Fairuz Sadaf, students have been protesting in various educational institutions across the country, including Jagannath University, demanding safe campus and justice. We strongly support their movement. A university should not become a den of hooligans or sexual predators. Safety must be ensured for every student. No amount of justice can bring […]
University authorities were forced to fire the assistant proctor and suspend the student to quell the agitation. Also, the university administration has formed a four-member committee to investigate the incident. A team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested the teacher and the student from Dhaka on Saturday night.
A court on Monday remanded Jagannath University student Rehan Siddiqui Amman and assistant proctor Deen Islam for two days and one day respectively in the suicide case of law student Fairuz Sadaf Abantika. Senior Judicial Magistrate of Kamila Court Abu Bakar Siddiqui passed the order. Deen Islam, who was arrested in the case of abetment […]
During the demonstration, JNU students put forth five-point demands. The demands include – ensuring an impartial investigation into the death, issuing arrest warrants against the accused and expelling them from the university, refraining from blaming the victim and arranging for the safety of her family and registering a case against the university and the Women […]
Jagannath University (JNU) authorities on Saturday ordered those concerned to suspend and immediately arrest a classmate facing charges following the suicide of a female student, Fairuz Abantika, at her home in Cumilla. Furthermore, the assistant proctor, who is accused of instigating the accused student, was suspended and removed from the proctorial body. According to a […]
