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The research committee has found evidence of plagiarism in the research of two professors from Dhaka University (DU). The university’s highest policymaking forum, the Syndicate, has established a court to determine what its punishment will be. The court was constituted on Wednesday. Professor Vice-rector of University (Administration). Muhammad Samad confirmed this information to the Bangla Tribune.
Three years ago, there were allegations of plagiarism against Samia Rahman, associate professor in the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, and Syed Mahfuzul Haque Marjan, professor in the Department of Criminology. Then the vice-chancellor of the university (education) Professor. An investigative committee headed by Nasreen Ahmad was formed. The investigation committee has found evidence of theft against the two teachers. But he did not mention any punishment.
On Wednesday, the union formed a court to determine what punishment could be given for the plagiarism accusations. The court report will be re-approved at the union.
Vice-Rector Professor (Administration). Muhammad Samad told the Bengali Tribune: “The inquiry committee has submitted a report to the union to the effect that the allegations against the two teachers have been found to be true.” Subsequently, the union ordered the formation of a court to determine the sentence.
‘A New Dimension of Colonialism and Pop Culture: A Case Study of Cultural Imperialism’ by Samia Rahman, Professor of Mass Communication and Journalism and Mahfuzul Haque Marjan, Professor of Criminology. Copied from pages 6, 7, 8, 8 and 119.
Previously, it was alleged that Samia Rahman and Marjan had stolen texts of an article entitled “The subject and power” by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. Foucault’s article appeared on page 19 of volume 4 of the 1982 Critical Inquiry magazine at the University of Chicago. Samia and Marjan’s article, A New Dimension of Colonialism and Pop Culture: A Case Study of Cultural Imperialism, was published in DU’s Social Science Review in December last year.
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