Samia Rahman FacebookThe court asked the DU authorities to submit a reply to the rule within 4 weeksThe High Court on Sunday issued a rule questioning the legality of demoting Dhaka University (DU) teacher Samia Rahman on charges of plagiarism in research papers. On January 28, as punishment for alleged plagiarism in a research paper, the DU syndicate committee demoted Samia from associated professor to assistant professor. The committee submitted a report in 2020 finding the accused guilty. No such letter was sent [to DU] from the Chicago Journal. She claimed to have communicated with Craig Walker, the editor of Chicago Journal, through social media and learned that there is no one with the Journal by the name of Alex.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 05, 2021 14:02 UTC