Rajshahi University suspends syndicate meeting amid teachers protest
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Rajshahi University administration suspended a syndicate meeting scheduled for today in the face of opposition from teachers.
Members of RU Progressive Teachers Society Against Corruption were demonstrating in front of the vice-chancellor s residence since morning demanding suspension of the meeting as they feared illegal recruitment during it, reports our RU correspondent.
Today s syndicate meeting would have been the last one of the current Vice-Chancellor Prof M Abdus Subhan s tenure.
Meanwhile, current and former leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League also took position in front of the VC s residence.
Meanwhile, around 100 current and former leaders of BCL also took position in front of the residence.
As the teachers tried to enter the residence to meet the VC around 10:30am, the BCL men barred and harassed them in front of police and the university s proctorial body. Proctor Prof Lutfor Rahman was also harassed in the mob, as he tried to intervene, teachers said.
During that time, a BCL youth shouted at the teachers, saying we will shoot you , which then created an hostile situation involving the teachers and BCL men, they said.
Around 11am, after the incident, the university authority was forced to suspend the meeting. Earlier on Sunday, a finance committee meeting was also suspended in the same way.
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