Strike observed at JU

All academic activities came to near halt due to the strike as the presence

of teachers and students were thin. The agitators, however, allowed some departments to take year final examinations considering session jam and sufferings of general students.

The PSJ will lay a siege to the university administrative building tomorrow to force the authorities to take steps to reduce the price of admission forms.

The PSJ leaders at a press conference in the evening said a group of teachers led by proctor Prof Kamrul Ahsan went to the area in a microbus where the PSJ activists were sitting on road to stop the Dhaka-bound university bus scheduled to leave campus at 6:30am. They said the teachers tried to prevent our activists from carrying out the programme.

As the agitators refused to let the bus go, the teachers dragged some of their activists out of the road and forced the drivers to ply the bus, they added.

Terming the incident 'undemocratic act' they also expressed concern over the allegation of misconduct brought against six PSJ activists by the teacher.

They urged the proctor to take necessary action against the teachers involved in the early morning incident.

They said they will continue the programme until the decision to increase price hike of the admission forms is withdrawn.