CUET remains at standstill over student protests

Students of the Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) have continued to demand the reinstatement of their vice-chancellor as protests roll into a second day.

The students have been boycotting classes and exams and have kept the main gate of CUET locked since Wednesday morning.

They also launched a mass signature collection programme around 11:30am. A protesting student told bdnews24.com, “Today, we are collecting signatures en masse as part of the programme to protest the removal of CUET vice-chancellor Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem. All students will take part in the programme.

“We have boycotted all classes and exams. A complete shutdown has been announced at CUET. Our programme will continue until our demands are met.”

Earlier on Tuesday morning, students launched a shutdown programme. Later in the afternoon, they announced that they would continue the programme until their demands were met.

Due to the protests, no classes and exams were held at CUET on Tuesday. No activities could be conducted in the administrative building either.

The CUET Teachers’ Association expressed solidarity with the students’ demands.

On Tuesday, it was announced during the students’ sit-in programme at the campus Shaheed Minar that all academic activities of CUET, classes, exams, labs and administrative activities will be suspended until the protesters’ demands are met.

However, in the interests of emergency and humanitarian services, the security wing and medical services will be exempted from the programme.�"bdnews24