Staff Reporter :
Expressing solidarity with the ongoing students protest, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Thursday urged Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities to in vestigate the “irregularities” focusing its development works.
The authorities should respect the demands of the protesting students without any delay and take effective steps for accountability.
“It is essential to ensure clarity in development work in all the educational institutions including the universities,”
Dr Iftekharuzzaman, Executive Director of TIB, said in a statement on Thursday.
The teachers and students of JU have been demonstrating since Friday (August 23) after it was circulated that some BCL leaders allegedly took money promising not to stand in the way of a Tk 1,445 crore campus development project. None from the pro-ruling party’s student organisation, the administration or project contractors agreed to speak with the media.
Another Tk 1 crore was allegedly given to central BCL leaders, according to media reports.
The protesters, now demand a judicial probe into the allegations of corruption and irregularities centring the mega project.
Expressing solidarity with the ongoing students protest, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Thursday urged Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities to in vestigate the “irregularities” focusing its development works.
The authorities should respect the demands of the protesting students without any delay and take effective steps for accountability.
“It is essential to ensure clarity in development work in all the educational institutions including the universities,”
Dr Iftekharuzzaman, Executive Director of TIB, said in a statement on Thursday.
The teachers and students of JU have been demonstrating since Friday (August 23) after it was circulated that some BCL leaders allegedly took money promising not to stand in the way of a Tk 1,445 crore campus development project. None from the pro-ruling party’s student organisation, the administration or project contractors agreed to speak with the media.
Another Tk 1 crore was allegedly given to central BCL leaders, according to media reports.
The protesters, now demand a judicial probe into the allegations of corruption and irregularities centring the mega project.
