The department said in a media release on Sunday night that "Ahmed took the decision on the withdrawal of the case at a meeting of the department's academic committee earlier in the day". The release signed by the department's Chairman Prof Md Mofizur Rahman said Ahmed took the decision after Haq uploaded another post on Facebook apologising for his previous post. Haq said in the new post that the previous one was incorrect, according to the media release. The head of the department initially said no decision was taken at the meeting, but later confirmed the authenticity of the media release to bdnews24.com. A group of teachers and students demonstrated demanding the withdrawal of the case on Dhaka University campus earlier on Sunday.

Source: bd News24 July 16, 2017 19:30 UTC