Staff Reporter :
Dhaka University senators on Saturday nominated a three-member panel including the incumbent Vice-Chancellor (VC) AAMS Arefin Siddique for appointment of its new VC.
Two others are incumbent treasurer Professor Kamal Uddin and former Awami League-backed Blue Panel convener Professor Abdul Aziz, our DU correspondent reports quoting senate member Professor AJM Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan.
Senators, in a special meeting, endorsed the names proposed by the meeting convener Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul Islam, Professor Bhuiyan said.
The tenure of incumbent VC Prof Arefin will expire on August 24.
As per the Dhaka University Order, 1973, the VC shall be appointed by the Chancellor for a period of four years from a panel of three teachers. He shall be nominated by the university senate, and be eligible for a re-appointment for a second term.
Meanwhile, a group of Dhaka University students demonstrated against the special session of the university in front of the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban on Saturday as the session was held without any representative of the students.
The students without any banner first gathered at the entrance of the Vice-Chancellor’s Office on the way to the Senate Bhaban and chanted slogans against holding the session.
They termed the special session of the senate ‘illegal’. They also demanded holding Dhaka University Central Student Union (DUCSU) election.
At one stage, the students locked scuffle with the teachers as the teachers barred them from entering the Senate Bhaban.
Earlier in the morning, they also broke the lock of the gate and entered to the VC Office premises and locked in brawl with the university’s proctorial body and security guards.
A special session of the university senate will begin at 4:00pm to nominate a three-member panel for appointing the vice-chancellor amid boycott by BNP-Jamaat-backed teachers’ group White Panel.
The pro-BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami ‘White’ panel boycotted the meeting as it was held with the participation of only 50 members.
Awami League-backed Blue Panel convener Professor Abdul Aziz said that they would finalise their selection of the VC panel candidates one hour prior to the Senate session.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique on July 17 convened the special-Senate session.
Some 55 senate members out of 105 will cast their votes in the election to choose the three-member vice-chancellor panel. Later, the chancellor, also the country’s president, will appoint one as the VC for four years.
