|| BRUR Correspondent: The 123rd Syndicate meeting of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) has decided to permanently dismiss 11 people, including three teachers and eight officers and employees, from their jobs. The meeting was held on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) at the conference room of the university’s administrative building, with Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Showkat Ali in the chair. The decision to permanently dismiss the 11 was taken in light of the final verdict of International Crimes Tribunal-2 in the murder case of Abu Sayeed, a student of the university’s Department of English, during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. The Syndicate also unanimously approved the naming of the university’s under-construction female students’ hall as Begum Khaleda Zia Hall. Meanwhile, the Syndicate decided to demote three teachers following allegations of sexual harassment. Prof Dr Md Rashidul Islam of the Department of Statistics was demoted from professor to associate professor. Dr Shakibul Islam, associate professor of the Department of Disaster Science and Management, was demoted to assistant professor. Mohammad Shamim Hossain, assistant professor of the Department of Geography and Environmental Science, was demoted to lect