SUST teachers confine VC

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UNB, Sylhet :A section of pro-Awami League teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) confined its Vice Chancellor Prof Aminul Haque Bhuiyan to his office since Monday morning demanding his removal.Campus sources said, the VC came to the campus around 8 pm to join his work after a two-month leave.As the news of VC’s joining spread around, a section of pro-Awami League teachers started gathering on the campus and some 50 teachers under the banner of ‘Mohan Muktijuddher Chetonai Udbhuddo Sikkhak Forum’ led by its convener Prof Dr Syed Shamsul Alam put the VC’s office under lock and key. The teachers said they will continue their programme until the VC steps down.The VC remained confined to his office till filing of the report at around 3 pm. Akhter Hossain, officer-in-charge of Jalalabad Police Station, said police have been put on alert to avert further trouble on the campus.On April 23, VC Prof Aminul Haque Bhuiyan went on a two-month leave amid movement of a pro-Awami League teachers’ panel demanding his removal.On April 20, 35 teachers of Shahjalal University for Science and Technology (SUST), including renowned author Prof Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, resigned from their administrative posts demanding resignation of their Vice Chancellor.

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