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DU-OUTSIDERS-RESTRICTION
DU restricts outsiders’ movement on campus
DHAKA, July 9, 2018 (BSS) – The Dhaka University (DU) authorities have
restricted the movement of outsiders on the campus and their staying at halls
without permission of the authorities concerned.
The DU provost committee took the decision at a meeting held on July 5
following the unexpected incidents took place on the campus centering the
quota-reform movement, and reviewing the overall situation, a DU press
release said today.
DU Vice-Chancellor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman presided over the meeting.
“The DU campus is only open to its students. No outsider can hold any kind
of activities on the campus without permission. If necessary, the DU
authorities can take assistance from the law enforcing agencies,” the release
said.
The DU committee also decided not to allow anyone without its students to
stay in its halls and send notices to them, who do not have studentship of
DU, asking them to leave the halls immediately.
The hall authorities can take assistance from the law enforcing agencies
in this regard. Any guardian or guest cannot stay in the university
dormitories without permission of the authorities concerned.
The meeting urged all the hall authorities to remain alert about the
presence of any militant and extremist groups in the halls. The hall
authorities will regularly hold meeting with the active student bodies to
discuss the overall issues, the press release said.
Meanwhile, a seven-member probe committee, led by DU Pro-Vice Chancellor
(Administration) Dr Muhammad Samad, was formed to investigate the unexpected
incidents brought out on the campus centering the quota reformation movement.
The committee was asked to submit its report with recommendations.
On April 11 last, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in parliament spoke of
abolishing all types of quotas in public jobs after the students of different
public universities under the banner of ‘Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar
Sangrakkhan Parishad’ instigated a movement demanding quota reforms in the
civil service.
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