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SUST student found dead in Sylhet
A student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) was found dead at Salutikor in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet district early Wednesday.
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The deceased was identified as Rakibul Hasan Sifat, a student of the Chemistry Department of the university.
Md Khalique, sub-inspector of Gowainghat Police Station, said being informed by local people police recovered the body of Sifat from the area around 4 am.
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The body bore injury marks on his head.
Police suspected that Sifat might have been killed in an accident while going to his destination by a motorbike.
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Prof. Dr Quamruzzaman Chowdhury, said police sent the body of Sifat to Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital.
SUST suspends 7 students for 'sexual harassment'
The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on Wednesday suspended its seven students for up to two years on charges of "sexual harassment."
The decision came at the 226th syndicate meeting of the university with its Vice-Chancellor Professor Farid Uddin Ahmed in the chair, SUST said in a media statement Wednesday.
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Sumon Das of public administration, Syed Mustakim Sakib of mechanical engineering; Md Imam Hossain Imran, Md Rifat Hossain and Md Bishal Ali have of forestry and environment sciences been suspended for one year each, Md Ariful Islam and Md Jayed Iqbal Tanim of forestry and environment sciences for two years, respectively.
The suspension will be effective from Thursday, and the suspended students will not be able to enter the campus, SUST said.
SUST to take online classes one day in a week to save energy
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) authorities decided to take classes online one day in a week to save power and energy.
The decision was taken on Thursday at a meeting of the deans and faculty heads chaired by SUST Vice-Chancellor Farid Uddin Ahmed.
According to the decision, on Thursday the classes will be held online and on other four days of the week the classes will be taken physically.
The decision will be effective from next Thursday.
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Besides, transportation facilities of the university will remain suspended on Thursday and on other days it will remain limited, according to university authorities.
“We are trying to stand beside people amid the national crisis caused by a global crisis. We will try to save 20 per cent fuel,” said VC Farid Uddin Ahmed.
He requested the department heads and teachers to ensure that the decision does not cause harm to the students.
SUST student Bulbul’s mother seeks justice from PM
Mother of Bulbul Ahmed, a SUST student who was stabbed to death on Monday last, has urged the Prime Minister to take step to ensure punishment of the killers of her son.
Bulbul’s mother Yasmin Begum made the request when she went to the provost’s office of Shah Poran Hall of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on Sunday to receive his son’s belongings.
The victim’s siblings were also present at that moment.
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Terming the murder as pre-planned, victim’s sister Sohagi Akter urged the authorities concerned to find out the actual culprits through proper investigation to ensure justice for her brother.
“Real culprits might have hired killers in exchange of money. They might have killed him out of anger. Proper investigation will reveal everything,” she said.
Sohagi said the identities of the main culprits will be disclosed if the detainees are placed on remand.
Bulbul, a third year student of the Public Administration Department of the university, along with his friends, went to the New Zealand area, adjacent to Shaheed Minar, on the campus on Monday last.
At one stage, his friends rescued him as he was allegedly stabbed by muggers.
Bulbul was first rushed to the university medical centre and later shifted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital where a doctor declared him dead around 7.45pm.
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Besides, the authorities concerned of SUST formed a five-member probe body to look into the death.
Police detained three people in connection with the murder of the SUST student on the campus on Monday evening.
On Monday night, a case was filed at Jalalabad police station over the murder.
Police on Wednesday recovered the knife used in the murder of Bulbul and his mobile phone set at Tilagaon near the university campus in Sylhet.
SUST student murder: Knife used in killing, victim’s mobile phone recovered
Police on Wednesday recovered the knife used in the murder of Bulbul Ahmed, a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and his mobile phone set at Tilagaon near the university campus in Sylhet.
The knife and the mobile phone set were recovered from the house of Kamrul Hossain, 30, a mason of the area who was detained in connection with the murder.
Kamrul also confessed to his involvement in the murder, Azbahar Ali Sheikh, deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police.
Based on his information, police recovered the knife and the mobile phone after conducting drive at Kamrul’s house around 11am, he added.
So far, five people have been detained, said Azbahar.
“Investigation is still going on. After investigation, those who are involved will be shown arrested in this case. So, the total number of arrests cannot be said now.”
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Three held over SUST student Bulbul's murder
Police have detained three people in connection with the murder of a Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) student on the campus on Monday evening.
The identities of the detainees are yet to be disclosed by police.
"We will let them go if we do not find their involvement in the crime after the primary investigation," Azbahar Ali Sheikh, deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said.
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The deceased, Bulbul Ahmed, was a third-year student of the public administration department.
On Monday night, a case was filed at Jalalabad police station over the murder.
According to the case statement, Bulbul, along with his friends, went to the New Zealand area, adjacent to Shaheed Minar, on the campus that afternoon.
At one stage, his friends rescued him as he was allegedly stabbed by muggers.
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Bulbul was first rushed to the university medical centre and later shifted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital, where on-duty doctor Kaniz Fatema declared him dead around 7.45pm.
Meanwhile, hundreds of students of the university formed a human chain in front of the varsity's central library, demanding capital punishment for the killers of Bulbul.
Murder attempt on Zafar Iqbal: Main accused Faizul gets life term
A Sylhet court on Tuesday sentenced prime accused Faizul Hasan to life imprisonment in a case over attempting to kill renowned writer Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal on Shahajalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) campus in 2018.
Another accused in the case, Faizul’s friend Md Shohag Mia was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment and four others were acquitted.
Those acquitted are Faizul’s father Atiqur Rahman, mother Minara Begum, brother Enamul Hasan, maternal uncle Md Fazlul Haque .
Anti-Terrorism Special tribunal judge Nurul Amin handed down the judgment.
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On March 22, the court fixed Tuesday for delivering the judgment after hearing the arguments from both sides.
On March 10, recording of testimonies in the sensational case was completed by recording statements of 35 of the 56 witnesses, said PP Mominur Rahman.
All of them are currently in jail, he said.
On March 3, 2018, Faizul swooped on Prof Zafar Iqbal and stabbed him with a knife at the SUST Mukta Mancha during a celebration programme, 'Robofight,' of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) department.
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SUST registrar Ishfaqul Hossain filed a case with Jalalabad police the following day.
On March 8, a court placed Faizul on a 10-day remand for interrogation. Later Faizul gave confessional statement before court.
On July 26, police pressed charges against six people, including Faizul and Atiqur, in connection with the attack.
On October 4, 2018, the trial in the case began by framing charges against the accused.
Couldn’t believe a teacher got arrested for giving rational answer in class: Zafar Iqbal
Eminent writer Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal said he couldn’t believe the arrest of science teacher Hriday Mondol in Munshiganj for answering a question raised in the classroom logically.
The former professor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) said this in a human chain rally held in front of National Museum around 5 pm on Saturday protesting the arrest of Hriday Mondol.
Demanding the release of Hriday Mondol, he said, “I couldn’t believe that a teacher has been arrested by the government for giving the most rational answer to a question of his student.”
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Nipironer Biruddhe Shahabag, a human rights organisation, formed the human chain protesting arrest of Hriday Chandra Mondol, a science teacher who was arrested on charges of “hurting religious sentiment” after he discussed in the classroom the distinction between religion and science
Dr Zafar Iqbal said, "We have to teach our children science with utmost care for the sake of the development of our country because development is impossible without science. Science teacher Hriday Mondol has been made the scapegoat of communal people for doing his duty of teaching science."
Will try to make SUST 100% student-friendly: VC Farid Uddin
Making his first public appearance of note since students started a campaign to remove him, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) Vice Chancellor Farid Uddin Ahmed on Monday pledged to make the institution "100% student-friendly".
SUST VC said this while attending a celebration for the 31st founding anniversary of SUST at Gol Chattar area in the campus.
He said, ”We have come out of the things that were embarrassing for the university with everyone’s joint effort and regained our honour. SUST has 99.99 percent of good governance that a university should have.”
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“Students can make mistakes but teachers will have to be forgiving towards them. We teachers will always support the students,” he added.
SUST to resume classes online from Tuesday
After 27 days of stalemate Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) will resume all its academic activities online from Tuesday.
The decision came after an emergency syndicate meeting of the university led by Vice Chancellor Farid Uddin Ahmed on Sunday evening. A day after the protesting students suspended their movement demanding his resignation.
"The residential halls for students will be reopened from Monday and physical classes, exams will resume from February 22 if the government does not impose any more restrictions for Covid-19, '' said Ishfaqul Hossain, Registrar of the university.
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SUST authority announced a shutdown following a clash on the campus between police and the protesting students on January 16. The students were asked to leave the dormitories by 12pm the next day.
The police action on the students triggered a long protest and hunger strike in campus rejecting the authority’s orders.
The students of SUST suspended their movement on Saturday following a successful meeting with Education Minister Dipu Moni on Friday.
They suspended the protest after VC Farid Uddin Ahmed expressed regret over the police action on protesting students on January 16 and apologised earlier on Saturday.
On Friday, regarding the student’s demand for VC's resignation, Dipu Moni said it will be placed before the President as he is the Chancellor of the university, holding the power to appoint and remove someone from the post of VC.
Regarding the two cases filed against the protesting students, she said arrangements will be made to withdraw those cases as soon as possible.
The protests began in the middle of January. Over two dozen SUST students who went on fast unto death ended their strike on January 26. They broke the fast after former SUST Prof Zafar Iqbal offered them water to drink.
The students embarked on the hunger strike on the university campus on January 19, demanding the resignation of the VC over the police crackdown on their fellows.
The strike was launched after police swooped on the protesting students, charging batons and firing sound grenades and shotgun bullets. On the other hand, the police had filed a case against 300 unnamed protesting students.
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The alleged attack was carried out to free the VC from confinement in the university’s IICT building, and it had left 40 people hurt, including teachers, students and cops.
Zafrin Ahmed, a provost of Begum Sirajunnesa Chowdhury Hall, was at the centre of the initial unrest as she allegedly misbehaved with some students on January 13 when they met her with some complaints.
She later resigned from her post, citing health issues.