Dhaka University
Students accuse DU prof of academic misdemeanour
Students have raised allegations of academic misconduct against Professor Naadir Junaid of the Mass Communication and Journalism Department of Dhaka University.
Postgraduate students at the department alleged that Professor Naadir intentionally gave them unusually low grades in a course, acting out of personal vendetta.
In a complaint letter submitted to university’s Vice Chancellor Dr ASM Maksud Kamal on Wednesday, the students said Prof. Naadir ‘threatened’ them earlier several times as they didn’t show any interest to take his optional course in the last semester of their masters.
Students accuse DU prof of academic misdemeanour
In the result of the batch’s comprehensive course, which includes 50 marks written and 50 marks viva, 35 out of 54 students received below CGPA 3.00.
In the three other courses of the semesters, most of these 35 students secured CGPA ranging from 3.50 to 3.75, which is far more than what they received on the comprehensive course.
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Students raised a three-point demand including taking the viva voce again by forming a non-partial and independent viva board and revising the published result, ensuring exemplary punishment to the professor for his acts as well as making university’s teacher evaluation program functional immediately.
Dr. Naadir Junaid was the coordinator and examiner of the second semester course of their postgraduate program. He was also the chairman of the examination committee of the Masters.
The students, in the complaint letter, accused the professor of leaking result information to create a fearful situation among the students before officially publishing the result, whereas it is against the rules of the university to comment on the results before the results are published.
He leaked academic results of the said batch to a junior batch at least four days before, the students alleged.
The students of the 12th batch also alleged Professor Naadir Junaid of threatening and harassing them during their viva examinations, the complaint letter said.
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They claim that he asked them irrelevant and inappropriate questions which affected their performance and caused them distress.
Mashfiq Mizan, a student of 12th batch, alleged that Prof. Naadir Juanid hushed him for not addressing him as ‘sir’ during the viva, which made his impression bad in front of other members of the viva board.
“Later he burdened me with so many questions that other members of the committee requested to stop asking questions but he did not stop,” Mashfiq said.
Shafat Rahman, a student of MCJ 12th batch, posted on his Facebook handle, also alleged the professor asked him inappropriate questions during the viva.
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“The professor is very judgmental of students in the classroom following their Facebook activities and evaluating exam papers on the same basis of FB activities,” the allegation letter says.
Sifat Tasnim, a student of 12th batch shared her experience, saying, “During the Viva Board session, he questioned me about my Facebook activities. I often post light-hearted content, but he made me feel embarrassed about it. I ended up in tears at the viva.”
Contacted, Professor Nadir said multiple teachers are involved with the evaluation process: “How can it be only my fault?”
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Regarding the viva, he said, “There were four members in the board including me. In reality, I gave more marks than others. The final count came down after counting the average mark.”
He also denied allegations of leaking academic results beforehand to junior batches.
Contacted, DU pro vice chancellor(education) Prof. Sitesh Chandra Bachar, said, “We will call the concerned people who were associated with this, the teacher against whom the complaint is made and the exam committee. We will review the matter and report to the Vice Chancellor and further action will be taken as per rules. We will also see how reasonable the numbers they got are.”
Following the incidents, several former students of the department have brought a host of other allegations against the said professor on social media. They demanded justice and accountability from the university administration.
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Nilufa Yesmin of History Department finished runner-up in the day -long meet.
Pro Vice Chancellor (Administration) of Dhaka University Prof Dr Muhammad Samad inauguarated the meet as the chief guest Monday morning.
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Provost of Shamsun Nahar Hall Prof Dr Lafifa Jamal presided over the inaugural function.
University teachers, hall employees and volunteers also took part in the 24 events of the meet alongside the students.
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After the meet, DU Treasurer Prof Momtaz Uddin Ahmed distributed the prizes among the winners in the afternoon.
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The human chain was held under the banner of 'general students' at the foot of anti-terrorist Raju sculpture adjacent to the TSC of the university around 11.00 am.
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Later, the students submitted a memorandum to the Vice-Chancellor including a four-point demand.
The demands are: immediate cancellation of transgender quota in the admission test circular, canceling this admission notification and publishing revised notification; to ensure adequate facilities and safe environment for Hijra community students on the campus and to apologising for promoting transgender ideology.
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The students participating in the human chain said that according to the constitution of Bangladesh, the backward communities should be given higher education opportunities through quota.
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Police recovered two crude bombs from a toilet of Dhaka University's Arts Faculty building on Monday (November 06, 2023) morning.
A bomb disposal unit of police recovered those from the toilet of 1106 No classroom of Arts building around 10.40 am.
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Md. Ali Hossen, gateman of the Arts Building, said he noticed those two bomb-like objects around 10 am and immediately informed it to the proctor office.
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“Class education is only a small part of building a career. To progress in life, one must develop other skills along with education. Among them, developing leadership qualities and communication skills are one of them," the minister said while speaking as a chief guest at a symposium titled "Leadership Skills for Smart Bangladesh."
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The symposium was held on Thursday at the Dr. Mohammad Habibullah Conference Hall of Dhaka University in an initiative of Actionist Foundation.
Dr. Bernd Spanier, charge d’affairs of European Union Delegation to Bangladesh was present at the symposium as a special guest.
The event was presided over by Actionist Foundation Founder and Executive Director A.N.M. Fakhrul Amin Farhad.
Mohiuddin Bhuiyan and Khadija Akhtar Urmi were responsible for conducting the program. Welcome speech was provided by Raisa Naser, Head of communication of the organisation.
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Masud Khan, chairman of Unilever Consumer Care Limited said in the discussion, "We are guided by our mind. So our psychology has a lot of influence in our personal and professional life. That is why mental wellbeing is necessary for us. We have to overcome negativity and have a positive mindset."
"Along with mental training, our physical training is also important. There is no substitute for physical exercise to stay active," he added.
During his speech, Manik Mahmood, head of social innovation at A2I Program said the students are not aware of the huge gap in academic and work life skills.
“But at work they face problems (due to lack of work life skills,” he said.
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Meanwhile, Star Cineplex Chairperson, Mahboob Rahman said, "We can never ignore the skill issue. Word, PowerPoint, Excel among many skills will be needed in our daily life and we should learn it seriously. Besides this, we must ensure the proper management of social media."
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The award ceremony was held on October 12 in New York City, according to a press release.
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Alifa is a board member of WildTeam and an assistant professor of zoology at Dhaka University.
“I was very humbled to receive this award – woman of discovery, the 100th flag carrier. I was very fortunate to have been named in the cohort with the chief scientist of ESRI, Dawn Wright, and author of the 1st hotspot paper Cristina Mittermeier. It was such an honor!” – Alifa said.
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Alifa’s work focuses on conserving sharks and rays in the global south context. She earned her PhD from the Nature-based Solutions Initiative in the Department of Biology, Oxford, with the support of a Bangabandhu Scholarship. Her research, “Towards a socially just sustainable fishery preserving sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal,” aims to prepare a sustainability model for the threatened species of sharks and rays in close conjunction with the fishing communities.
Alifa and her team have established the largest regional dataset on diversity, fisheries and trade, discovering highly threatened species of sharks and rays, including 15 new records.
An Edge of Existence Fellow and National Geographic Explorer, Alifa was selected for the 2023 cohort of the Edinburgh Ocean Leaders Programme and awarded the best student presentation at Sharks International 2022 for her talk, “Can fishers be the conservation heroes we need them to be?”
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2 DU students attacked in Ramna Kali Mandir area
Two students of Dhaka University (DU) were injured in an attack by miscreants in the Ramna Kali Mandir area of the city early today (October 22, 2023).
The injured Sourav Sarkar, 25, and Sumit, 23, are students of the Craft and Sculpture departments, respectively, of the university and residents of Jagannath Hall.
Senior students of the hall said the duo, accompanied by others, went out of the hall to visit Durga Puja mandaps at night.
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An altercation occurred between the two and some miscreants near the Ramna Kali Mandir around 2 am. The reason behind the incident could not be known immediately.
At one stage, the miscreants beat them up and stabbed Sourav in the stomach with a sharp object, they said.
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Returning to the hall, the duo went to their seniors, who first took them to the university’s medical centre.
Later, Sourav was moved to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), said the hospital’s police outpost in-charge, Md Bachhu Mia.
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Quoting physicians, he said that Sourav's condition was critical.
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A resident student of Dhaka University’s Ziaur Rahman Hall died after falling from the 6th floor of Jamuna block of Bijoy Ekattor Hall.
Officer-in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost Bacchu Mia confirmed the death.
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The deceased Kazi Firoz was a student of Chinese language, of 2019-20 academic session.
He stayed in room 203 of Ziaur Rahman Hall of Dhaka University.
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According to Firoz’s roommate, Bin Yamin, “Firoz had been frustrated for a while. We always tried to cheer him up. Yesterday, he came to room around 10:30 pm, prayed, and asked if he owed us money.”
“When he was leaving the room, he seemed quite depressed. I was determined to talk to him after his return. But after five minutes, I heard from nearby Bijoy Ekattor Hall that someone had committed suicide,” he added.
“We immediately rushed there, and it was Firoz,” he said.
Firoz was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital but doctors there declared him dead.
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A note was also recovered from his table.
The note reads: “Human beings live for dignity. If there is no dignity, life is meaningless... Mother, I’m sorry that I couldn’t keep my words.”
Firoz’s body is now at DMCH morgue. After post-mortem, the body will be sent to his hometown Gopalganj.
DU Proctor Prof Maksudur Rahman said, “The incident is heart-breaking. Hall authorities will primarily look into the case.”
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They put up barricade and staged demonstrations at Nilkhet intersection around 12 pm, triggering huge traffic jam on the adjacent roads, said witnesses.
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