Cuet students suspend protests

Demonstrating students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) last night suspended their protest upon assurances from the university authorities that their major demands would be met. "We have suspended our protests as the authorities have assured us that they will take initiatives to widen the Chattogram-Kaptai road and a fund will be created to provide compensation to the families of the two students who died in a road accident on Monday," Rafsan Bin Ali, a student of the university, told The Daily Star. The development came hours after the Cuet authorities closed the institution for an indefinite period in the wake of demonstrations by students over the deaths of two students. Sheikh Mohammad Humayun, registrar of the university, said they convinced the students to end their demonstrations. The university syndicate will sit today to discuss keeping the halls open, he added. Earlier, announcing the closure order, the authorities ordered the boys to leave the hall by yesterday and asked the girls to leave halls by 10:00am today. After the announcement, the agitated students locked the Vice Chancellor's office and set fire to one of the two buses they had confiscated. Shanto Saha and Taufiq Hossain of the civil engineering department of Cuet were killed in a collision between a motorbike and a passenger bus on Monday.
Published on: 2024-04-25 22:05:26.206214 +0200 CEST