RU students want shifting of their dept to campus
Boycott classes, threaten tougher agitation
Students of crop science and technology department at Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday boycotted their classes demanding shifting of the department from Narikelbaria outer campus to the main campus of the university.
Over 200 agitating students of the department took out a procession on the main campus and then held a rally to press for the demand.
At the rally, the students said only the academic activities of crop science and technology department out of a total of 49 departments are conducted at Narikelbaria outer campus, 5 kilometres off the main campus.
They said most of the students of the department reside at the dormitories on the main campus. “We attend the classes on the outer campus at Narikelbaria and return to the main campus in a university bus that plies the dilapidated road, risking accident,” the students alleged.
Nine students of the department were injured on Monday after a Dhaka-bound bus hit the university bus from behind on the road near Rajshahi Railway Station.
The injured are now undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) and the university medial centre.
The students of the department also threatened to go for a tougher agitation, including class boycott and strike, if the demand was not met.
Later, they met Vice Chancellor Prof Abdus Sobhan and requested him to take immediate steps to shift the department to the main campus. The VC assured the students of taking necessary steps in this regard.
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