All demos called off as authorities assure amicable solution

Computer science and engineering, and geological sciences departments of Jahangirnagar University yesterday withdrew all of their protest programmes after the university authorities assured them of solving the ongoing crisis regarding transfer of another department to their building. 

The departments called off their hunger strike and the teachers withdrew their mass resignation.

Prof Mafruhi Sattar, secretary of JU Teachers Association (Juta), said representatives and chairpersons of all three departments reached an agreement to call off their movement following an executive meeting of Juta.

The two departments began demonstrating on Saturday after the university authorities decided to transfer the environmental sciences department to their building.    

Prior to the decision, the environmental sciences department demonstrated throughout April demanding the move which was supposed to take place a year ago. They met resistance from the other two departments. 

In the face of their demonstration, the university authorities formed a committee to probe into the matter and give a recommendation.