BSS, Chittagong :
Chittagong University Teachers’ Association (CUTA) observed a one-hour work abstention as part of their protest programme yesterday.
CUTA on Thursday announced the one-hour strike from 11.30am everyday for four days beginning from yesterday demanding punishment of the attackers on the CU teachers.
CUTA President Professor Benu Kumar Dey said that the teachers spontaneously observed the work abstention today.
Examinations remain, however, out of the purview of the work abstention programme, the CUTA President added.
CU Proctor Siraj-ud-Dowllah said presence of students on the campus was very thin but regular classes and examinations were held as per reschedule.
At least 14 people including nine teachers of CU were injured when the striking students, allegedly the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), lobbed crude bombs targeting two university buses carrying faculty members at Chhorarkul area of Hathazari on Wednesday morning.
Campus sources said CU unit of ICS under the banner of general students enforced the indefinite general strike on the campus demanding reopening of Suhrawardi Hall and Shah Amanat Hall, which were closed following clashes between ICS and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists.
Earlier, police conducted a drive at Shibir dominated Suhrawardy Hall of the university following a clash between ICS and BCL activists on August 24 and recovered some petrol bombs and stones from the dormitory.
The following day, the university authorities closed the hall for an indefinite period.
Besides, Shah Amanat Hall was shut earlier as police sealed off the Shibir-dominated dormitory following a fierce clash between BCL and ICS activists on January 12 which left a student dead.
Chittagong University Teachers’ Association (CUTA) observed a one-hour work abstention as part of their protest programme yesterday.
CUTA on Thursday announced the one-hour strike from 11.30am everyday for four days beginning from yesterday demanding punishment of the attackers on the CU teachers.
CUTA President Professor Benu Kumar Dey said that the teachers spontaneously observed the work abstention today.
Examinations remain, however, out of the purview of the work abstention programme, the CUTA President added.
CU Proctor Siraj-ud-Dowllah said presence of students on the campus was very thin but regular classes and examinations were held as per reschedule.
At least 14 people including nine teachers of CU were injured when the striking students, allegedly the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), lobbed crude bombs targeting two university buses carrying faculty members at Chhorarkul area of Hathazari on Wednesday morning.
Campus sources said CU unit of ICS under the banner of general students enforced the indefinite general strike on the campus demanding reopening of Suhrawardi Hall and Shah Amanat Hall, which were closed following clashes between ICS and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists.
Earlier, police conducted a drive at Shibir dominated Suhrawardy Hall of the university following a clash between ICS and BCL activists on August 24 and recovered some petrol bombs and stones from the dormitory.
The following day, the university authorities closed the hall for an indefinite period.
Besides, Shah Amanat Hall was shut earlier as police sealed off the Shibir-dominated dormitory following a fierce clash between BCL and ICS activists on January 12 which left a student dead.
