Withdrawal of price hike of CU admission form demanded

They threatened to go for an indefinite student strike from October 25 unless their demands are met.

PCJ, a conglomerate of three left leaning student organisations, made the demand at a rally on the university railway station premises in the afternoon.

Leaders at the rally said the increased price of admission form, which rose to Tk 300 from previous Tk 250, adds to the miseries of the students already burdened with increased prices of educational materials and different fees.

Thus the authorities are making it difficult for the students to continue studies, they said.

While the PCJ launched movement against the increasing fees and prices of education materials, the October 16 attack on the SCF leaders by the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir appears to foil the movement, alleged the PCJ leaders.

SCF President Mehedi Hasan Tomal presided over the rally.