In January 2016, six members of the group were expelled from Dhaka University. The organization has been trying to recruit students from different educational institutes in Bangladesh. In October 2016 Hizb ut-Tahrir asked the members of Bangladesh Army to fight against Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis. A number of students and professors of North South University in Bangladesh were arrested over ties to this group and terrorist activities. The government had kept an eye on the university after 7 of its students were arrested for involvement in the Murder of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider. North South University is private university with about 22,000 students in Dhaka. In 2015 printed material of the group was found in the Library of North South University. Pro-Vice Chancellor Gias Uddin Ahsan was arrested for providing shelter to those involved in the 2016 July Dhaka Attack.