BANGLADESH NEWS
The Buet teachers demonstrating for the removal of vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor on Saturday postponed their en masse resignation programme till July 30.
On July 16, the Buet Teachers' Association decided to resign en masse over the ongoing stalemate centring their demand for removal of the VC and his deputy.
Meanwhile, the teachers, students and employees of the Buet (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology) resumed their movement Saturday morning after a two day break.
Prof Mujibur Rahman, president of the Buet Teachers Association, informed of the decision that came following the association's meeting held during a two-hour sit-in before Buet Council Building Saturday morning.
“We postponed the decision to facilitate the government’s steps to resolve the ongoing impasses centering the removal of the VC and his deputy,” he said explaining why the decision came.
“We [Buet Teachers’ Association] have trust in the government that it will soon come to a decision regarding the removal of the VC and Pro-VC,” he added.
“We responded to the requests made by the three former Buet vice-chancellors--Abdul Matin Patowari, MH Khan and Iqbal Mahmud-- and Buet Alumni Association President Prof Jamilur Reza Chowdhury as they said the government is making headway towards solution,” the professor added.
The teachers’ association president however informed that the two-hour sit-in will continue every day from 11:00am to mark their stance against the two top administrative bosses of the institution.
As part of the demonstration, the agitating teachers, students and employees of Buet staged a two-hour sit-in from 11:00am, Prof Mujibur Rahman said.
Earlier on July 18, the teachers postponed their demonstration for two days - Thursday and Friday - to show respect to Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid's initiative in resolving the crisis through negotiations.
“We have no alternative but to restart our movement to press home our demand,” Prof Ashraful Islam, general secretary of the association, said on the eve of restoring their demonstration.
Since April 7, the Buet Teachers Association has been staging protests demanding the resignation of VC Prof SM Nazrul Islam and Pro-VC Prof Habibur Rahman.
The association has levelled 16 allegations against them, among which are the appointment of the pro-VC and a deputy registrar on “political consideration”.
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