All five teachers of the Cox’s Bazar Nursing Institute resigned from their respective post on Sunday night amid students’ demonstration seeking their resignation for alleged corruption.
Students at Cox's Bazar Nursing Institute confined the teachers to a washroom and demanded their resignation citing various allegations, including irregularities, corruption, and misappropriation of funds.
Earlier, on Sunday afternoon students of the nursing institute began their protest.
They confined five teachers and eleven students to a washroom.
Later, two resident medical officers from Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital, Dr. GRM Jihadul Islam and Dr. Ashiqur Rahman, an Additional District Magistrate, the army, and RAB arrived.
After nearly three hours of discussion with teachers and students, all the teachers resigned.
Dr. Jihadul Islam said that after hours of discussion, the teachers agreed to step down.
As a result, the institution now faces a complete lack of teaching staff, he added.
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