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Fire at Bangabandhu Hall of Rajshahi University

A fire broke out at Bangabandhu Hall of Rajshahi University (RU) on Tuesday afternoon during demonstrations of students demanding quota system reform.

RU students confine VC, top officials

Agitating students of Rajshahi University on Wednesday confined the university’s top officials including vice-chancellor and pro-vice chancellors for two hours to press home their five-point demand including withdrawal of the decision to close the university and its halls.....

Citizens protest at merging RKUB with BKB

Eminent citizens of Rajshahi on Sunday urged the government not to merge the Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank with the Bangladesh Krishi Bank...

RU quota protester accuses BCL activists of assault

RU students block rail tracks in Rajshahi demanding cancellation of quota

Rail communication between Rajshahi and the rest of the country remained suspended as a group of Rajshahi University students on Monday blocked the rail tracks near the university central graveyard demanding cancellation of the High Court order that reinstated 30 per cent quotas for freedom fighters’ children and grandchildren in government jobs...

Public univ staff threaten to shut down admin work as teacher strike continues

The teachers of public universities resumed their indefinite work abstention programme across Bangladesh for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday while the officers and...

Bagha municipality mayor sent to jail in AL leader killing case

Police on Saturday submitted a five-day remand prayer for interrogating Rajshahi’s Bagha municipality mayor and district Awami League member Akkas Ali in the case filed in connection with the death of Bagha upazila AL general secretary Ashraful Islam Babul...

RU celebrates 71st founding anniversary

Teachers, students, officials, and employees of Rajshahi University celebrated the university’s 71st founding anniversary on Saturday...

OC withdrawn as video of taking ‘bribe’ goes viral

The Rajshahi Metropolitan Police on Saturday withdrew its Chandrima police station officer-in-charge Mahbub Alam after a video clip of him taking ‘bribe’ in an...

Mob violence on rise, 32 lynched in 6 months

Incidents of mob violence are on the rise, with at least 32 people killed in the first six months of this year, compared to 24 in the same period last year...

AL must not be high-handed to political parties in opposition

THE political programmes that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the largest in the opposition camp, have held come to be attacked again. The attacks on the programmes, reportedly carried out by leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League and its fronts, at places across the country have left at least 12 leaders and activists of the party...

RU announces Tk 518.95 crore budget for FY2024-25

Rajshahi University on Tuesday announced its annual budget of Tk 518.95 crore for the financial year 2024-25.

Police won’t take any responsibility of individual’s crime: IGP

Inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on Tuesday said that the police force would not take responsibility for any individual’s misdeeds...

RU suspends 1st year admission process due to teachers’ strike

The authorities of Rajshahi University on Monday suspended the ongoing admission process for the 2023-2024 academic sessions due to the teachers’ indefinite work abstention...

Rajshahi city AL calls Shahriar ‘hybrid leader, conspirator’

Leaders of the Rajshahi city unit of the ruling Awami League on Monday protested at Rajshahi-6 constituency lawmaker and former state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam’s comment on AL presidium member and Rajshahi city mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton...

Public univ students to hold demos today for cancellation

Students of different public universities including Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University and Rajshahi University will hold demonstrations today demanding cancellation of the High Court order for the restoration of 30 per cent quota for freedom fighters’ children and grandchildren in government jobs...

BNP leader Nadim Mostafa dies

Bangladesh Nationalist Party central executive committee member and former lawmaker Nadim Mostafa died on Sunday.

Two people killed, 12 injured in Rajshahi road accident

A head-on collision between two buses resulted in the deaths of two bus drivers and left 12 passengers injured on the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway in the Kamarpara-Abhaya area of Godagari upazila on Saturday night...

BNP leaders among 77 sued for muder of 2 AL leaders in C’nawabganj

A local leader of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party Ashraful Haque was named prime accused in a case filed against 77 people on Friday over...

Ex-minister Shahriar declared ‘unwanted’ in Rajshahi

Freedom fighters on Saturday declared Rajshahi-6 constituency lawmaker and former state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam unwanted in the Rajshahi city for...

AHM Kamaruzzaman birth anniv observed

The 101th anniversary of the birth of Abul Hasnat Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, one of the four national leaders who were brutally assassinated inside Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975, was observed in Rajshahi on Wednesday...

Injured in factional clash, AL leader dies in RMCH

The general secretary of Bagha upazila unit of the ruling Awami League, Ashraful Islam Babul, who received head injuries during a clash between two factions of the ruling AL at Bagha upazila in Rajshahi on Saturday succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday afternoon....

Cut off utilities to illegal establishments: Rajshahi div commissioner

Rajshahi divisional commissioner Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir on Monday directed authorities to cut off electricity, water, and gas connections to establishments...

Rajshahi-Kolkata train service set to resume

The train service between Rajshahi and Kolkata is set to resume after a 77-year hiatus...

Former food official sent to jail in graft case

A Rajshahi court on Monday sent a former food official to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission on charge of irregularities and corruption in buying wheat from millers in defiance of government instructions in 2020....

Mango trading gains momentum after Eid holidays in Rajshahi

After Eid holidays, mango trading has gained momentum on different markets of Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj and Naogaon districts with the appearance of delicious varieties of the seasonal fruit amid high prices...

346 sued over AL factional clash in Rajshahi

A case was filed on Sunday against 346 people in connection with Saturday’s clash between two factions of the ruling Awami League at Bagha upazila in Rajshahi that left at least fifty people injured...

RU 12th convocation on November 28

The twelfth convocation of Rajshahi University will be held on November 28....

Govt suspends Bhawaniganj mayor for corruption

The government suspended Rajshahi’s Bhawaniganj municipality mayor Abdul Malek for his involvement in embezzling government funds and various corruptions...

No scarcity of sacrificial animals in Rajshahi

Cattle markets in Rajshahi have no scarcity of sacrificial animals with plenty of local animals as only two days have left for Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festivals of the Muslims...