RU students protest hike of admission form prices
Students of Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday observed the Education Day through protests against the increased prices of admission forms for the first year honours programme.
About 200 students brought out a procession wearing black badges, hoisted black flags, and tied black ribbons to the sculptures of Shabas Bangladesh on the campus as part of protest.
Recently, the university authorities have almost doubled the prices of admission forms under 14 units and hiked the admission and residence fees imposed on existing students.
The protesting students said they would go for indefinite strike from tomorrow (Monday) if the university authorities do not reduce the increased fees.
At a rally on the campus, they also urged the admission aspirants for the 2011-12 academic session not to buy application forms at the increased rate.
Meanwhile, leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) brought out a procession on the campus to mark the Education Day yesterday.
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