HC scraps decision to relieve DU teacher Rahmat Ullah

The High Court (HC) has scrapped the decision to relieve Dhaka University teacher Prof Md Rahmat Ullah from all academic and administrative duties.

The High Court (HC) has scrapped the decision to relieve Dhaka University teacher Prof Md Rahmat Ullah from all academic and administrative duties.

A HC bench of Justice Jafar Ahmed and Justice Md Bashir Ullah delivered the verdict on Tuesday.

Prof Rahmat Ullah was relieved of all academic and administrative duties for paying tribute to Khandakar Mushtaq, one of the key patrons of the coup plotters who assassinated Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975.

A decision to relieve Prof Rahmat Ullah from academic activities was taken at a syndicate meeting.