The university announced the decision in a statement on Wednesday night after an Academic Council meeting held online and chaired by Vice-Chancellor Professor Md Akhtaruzzaman. “The meeting decided to ban organisation of inhumane, cruel and unethical celebrations in the name of so-called rag days,” the statement said. The decision, however, came as a surprise to some former students, who said on Facebook that unlike other institutions, ragging of newcomers never happens at Dhaka University. The university said its Academic Council also decided to form ethical committees in all the faculties. The Academic Council also emphasised taking research projects and publication of research-based papers on the occasions of the university’s centenary and the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence.

Source: bd News24 September 02, 2020 21:00 UTC