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Two DU male students expelled from hall over alleged ‘homosexuality’
DU monogram
Dhaka, 12 August - Two male students of Dhaka University’s Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall have been expelled from the hall and their residential seats permanently cancelled over the allegation of engaging in ‘homosexuality’.
A notice issued by the hall authorities today, signed by the provost, said that a three-member investigation committee had been formed following a complaint against the students on August 2, 2026. The committee reportedly found their involvement in the incident, which the authorities said was contrary to the discipline of the university and the hall.
“Based on the recommendation of the committee, your residential seat has been cancelled and you have been permanently expelled from the hall,” the notice said.
The two students are first-year students of the 2025–26 academic session. They were residents of Room 119 in the old building of Mujib Hall. A video that went viral on social media reportedly showed the two in an intimate situation. Attempts to contact the accused students, however, were unsuccessful.
The hall union’s vice-president Muslimur Rahman said strict administrative action had been taken after evidence was found supporting allegations of “serious social indiscipline (homosexuality)” against the two residential students.
He said the students had been permanently expelled from the hall and were immediately removed from the premises in the presence of their local guardians. Further disciplinary action against them through the university administration is also being pursued, he added.
Earlier, on July 30, a student of Surja Sen Hall was detained over an allegation of involvement in “homosexuality” and was later permanently expelled from the hall.
In another recent incident, similar allegations were raised against two guests staying in the room of the hall union’s Assistant General Secretary (AGS) of Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall. Following the incident, the AGS’s residential seat was temporarily cancelled. - UNB