Residential and non-residential female students at Dhaka University are feeling "unsafe" on campus due to vagrants and homeless individuals, and have faced various unpleasant incidents. Students from four of Dhaka University's five female halls, as well as some non-residential students, confirmed to Dhaka Tribune that they feel "unsafe" due to vagrants on campus and that the number of vagrants has increased recently. Residential female students voice safety fearsA residential student of Sufia Kamal Hall from the Sociology department Ushasi Biswas told Dhaka Tribune that feeling "unsafe" due to vagrants is a daily occurrence. Non-residential female students feel at riskIt's not only residential female students who face this problem; non-residential female students also feel unsafe. Dhaka University Assistant Proctor Rafiqul Islam confirmed the above information to Dhaka Tribune.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 31, 2026 19:03 UTC