RU to appoint 289 employees 'bypassing rule'

Outsiders belonging to the alliance government's student fronts -- Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islamic Chhatra Shibir-- (ICS) and (JCD) -- laid a siege to the Registrar's office on Saturday in an apparent bid to keep in force the authority's decision to appoint 136 third class and 153 fourth class employees, sources claimed.

If the decision is carried out, most of these staff would be recruited under direct "political pressure from local BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, influential teachers and trade union leaders", they added.

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The university authorities prepared the list earlier but failed to announce it despite pressure from different groups.

RU Vice-Chancellor Prof Faisal Islam Faruki and Pro-VC Prof KAM Shahadat Hossain Mondal were sitting across the table to decide on the issue till the writing of this report at 6:00 pm Saturday.

When contacted, Pro-VC KAM Shahadat Hossain Mondal said the RU authorities have not given any appointment, but the process was under way.

Meanwhile, additional police forces were deployed in front of the Registrar's office to avert any untoward incident.