The Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) has suspended three teachers for alleged plagiarism in their research.
The university took the decision at its 58th syndicate meeting on Sunday night after preliminary inquiry into the allegation brought against them
KUET Vice Chancellor Mohammad Alamgir confirmed about the matter.
The accused teachers are Professor Dr Mohammad Mashud and two assistant professors -- Md Abdullah Al Bari of department of Mechanical Engineering and Md Hasan Ali of department of Energy Science and Engineering.
According to the decision, they cannot perform any administrative work and cannot supervise any research and their promotion will remain suspended until any further notice.
The KUET authorities also formed a three-member probe committee, led by Professor Dr Bashudeb Chandra Ghosh, dean of the epartment of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, also director of IICP, to investigate the matter.
Allegation has been brought against the accused teachers that they published two technical papers in International Journal of Mechanical Engineering (volume-2, issue-1) and ICMIME in 2013 which were copied from a foreign research.
According to UNB, the results of their papers were 100 per cent similar to the research published in Mitsubishi Motor Technical Review in 2004 (Volume -16).