[3] In August 2016, Rapid Action Battalion arrested three students of the university who were members of the female unit of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh.
[4][5] Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime arrested a student of the university for being a member and recruiter of a banned religious extremist group, Ansar Al Islam, in November 2021.
[7] Mayor of Dhaka North and Awami League politician, Atiqul Islam, was appointed chairman of the newly created Trustee board.
[8] Justices Zafar Ahmed and Md Akhtaruzzaman of the High Court Division issued a ruling in October asking the government to explain why their actions should not be declared illegal following a petition by AKM Fazlul Haque, who was a member of the disbanded trustee board of Manarat International University.
[12] The university offers the following postgraduate programs: Manarat International University library (MIU Library) has more than 16,000 books, 200 e-books, 150 DVDs, and a collection of print journals and other publications.