UNB, Feni: The students of Feni University on Thursday blocked Dhaka-Chattogram highway to press home their six-point demand including permanent campus and shuttle bus services.
The students of the university took to the street at noon at Mohipal in Sadar upazila, halting vehicular movement on the highway for three hours from 11 am.
The other demands include banning student politics on the campus, change of Board of Trustees, appointment of VC, appointment of adequate number of teachers and other staff.
They also brought out a procession at Hazari Road and chanted slogans various slogans.
Maisha Akter, a student of the university, said, “Despite raising our demands for a long time we have received nothing but empty promises. We’ve now taken to the highway as a last resort. Without a permanent campus the UGC may place our university on a 'red list,’ putting thousands of students amid uncertainty.”
Sajidul Islam, another student, said, they have boycotted classes to force the authorities to fulfill their demands.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. M Jamal Uddin Ahmed resigned amid growing unrest.
Md Ariful Islam Siddique, additional superintendent of Feni (sadar circle), said police dispersed the students from the highway with a promise to sit with the deputy commissioner over their demands.
Earlier on August 13 last year, the students submitted a 15-point demand for the development of the university.
On February 18 they again staged a sit-in to press home their demands.
