SUST proctor relieved on personal grounds

Professor Md Alamgir Kabir, proctor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, was relieved from his position yesterday due to personal grounds, said a circular signed by SUST Registrar Mohd Ishfaqul Hussain.

Associate Professor Md Ishrat Ibne Ismail was appointed as the new proctor, it said.

The anti-VC movement also demanded Alamgir's termination from the post.

Holding placards with images of violence unleashed on students on January 16, students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology bring out a procession on the campus yesterday. They continued their demo demanding resignation of VC Farid Uddin Ahmed. Later in the day, the university’s Proctor Prof Md Alamgir Kabir was relieved from the post. Photo: Sheikh Nasir

Earlier on Sunday, Professor Zahir Uddin Ahmed, director of Students Counselling and Guidance of the university was relieved from his position.

Meanwhile, Education Minister Dipu Moni will meet the protesting students at the university this afternoon. According to a schedule signed by the minister's personal secretary Abu Ali Md Sazzad Hossain, the minister will reach at 8:00am.

She will hold meetings with students, teachers and representatives of different organisations of the university.