Normalcy yet to return at SUST

The general students are still frustrated as the academic activities could not be started fully as most of the opposition backed teachers abstained from classes following their support to an indefinite strike called by the All-party Students' Action Committee since the very day of reopening of the university. Even, some pro-government teachers are not taking their classes allegedly.

The action committee had been demanding withdrawal of the incumbent vice chancellor (VC) and immediate appointment of a new one for ensuring a congenial atmosphere on the campus.

Pro-Awami League (AL) including the left leaning teachers will announce a fresh 'Oust the VC Agitation Programme' at a meeting scheduled to be held tomorrow. The All-party Students' Action Committee will also strengthen its ongoing agitation. The committee will bring out a procession from Madina Market to the campus tomorrow.

The SUST authorities have declared resumption of bus service from campus to the city tomorrow.

But the students' action committee has declared to resist buses from plying at the university gate.

Meanwhile, police had stopped a students' procession on Thursday which was proceeding towards the university gate.

Some pro-BNP and pro-Jamaat teachers joined their duties. Classes started partially in seven out of 23 departments with poor attendance of students.

Police personnel are preventing the agitating students from bringing out processions from BDR Gate No-3 on the Sylhet-Sunamganj Road, half a kilometre off the university gate every day.

The university was closed sine die amid a tense situation following killing of a student in police firing on May 14.

VC Prof Muslehuddin Ahmed had to resign in face of the All-party Students' Action Committee agitation on the same Day.

However, he returned to campus under police protection on July 5. Since then, the opposition backed teachers and students had been demanding his withdrawal.

AL and left leaning teachers had been pressing for realisation of their various demands.

The demands included immediate withdrawal of the VC and appointment of a new one, judicial probe into the incidents happened from May 12 to 14 including killing of student Mosharraf Hossain Shamim.