JU environment dept's shift to new building halts due to row

Counter protest at Jahangirnagar University halted the process of transferring the environmental science department to a newly constructed building.
The university authorities had allowed the environmental science department to move into the new building on April 4 after the department staged demonstrations demanding the move, which they claimed was supposed to take place a year ago.
However, two other departments -- computer science and engineering and geological science -- housed in the building, protested the move.
On April 4, they blocked the entrance to the new building barring the environmental science department access. They claimed the three-storey building is not big enough to house all three departments.
Meanwhile, at a press conference on the campus yesterday the environmental science department announced an indefinite sit-in from today if they are not allowed to move into the new building.
The university authorities will hold a syndicate meeting today to make a decision regarding the move.