A general view of the British Raj-era building, Curzon Hall, which is now used as the building for Faculty of Sciences of the Dhaka University Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka TribuneBoth the lecturers under Faculty of Business Studies were fired on Sunday evening via a DU Syndicate meetingTwo teachers from Dhaka University’s accounting and information system department have been relieved from their duties for staying abroad without permission from the university. Nusrat Farah and Mohammad Shariful Islam, both lecturers under Faculty of Business Studies were fired on Sunday evening via a DU Syndicate meeting, with DU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof M Akhtaruzzaman in chair. Also Read - DU intake tests to be held in 8 divisional citiesBesides, a five-member inquiry committee headed by Prof Maksud was formed to find out the reason behind the information lack and delay of Anup Kumar’s not joining after court order. Anup Kumar was sacked on October 2, 2018, for allegedly using his doctorate to join the ranks of assistant professors before completing his PhD. However, a High Court judge declared the decision of the university authorities invalid and ordered the reinstatement of the teacher on November 25 last year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 29, 2020 17:15 UTC