Students of Bangladesh Agriculture University (BAU) are protesting against the university administration's decision to vacate the residential halls. They have been pushing pressure to the authorities to fulfill their six-point demands. Students from different halls gathered at KR Market on the campus at 9AM on Monday to stage protest.

Female students has been seen leaving the dormitories in the morning amid tensions on the campus. The protesters said they will go for stricter movement if the administration does not accept their demands within 12 hours.

The six-point demands are:

1. Immediate withdrawal of the “illegal” hall evacuation notice.

2. Ensuring uninterrupted access to all facilities in the halls.

3. Resignation of the proctorial body within 24 hours for its failure to ensure student safety and for allowing outsiders to attack students with teachers’ backing.

4. A public apology from the Vice-Chancellor for incidents of crude bomb explosions, vandalism of the library and other installations, attacks on students with local weapons, and harassment of female students by hired outsiders.

5. Exemplary punishment of the teachers involved in the attacks including Prof. Asaduzzaman Sarker, Prof Tofazzal, Prof Sharif Ar Raffi, and Prof Kamruzzaman of the Faculty of Agriculture; Prof Bazlur Rahman Mollah of the Faculty of Animal Husbandry; Prof Munir of Genetics; and Prof Ashiqul Islam of Dairy Science along with the miscreants.

6. Immediate introduction of a single combined degree as per the ongoing one-month-long student movement.

Earlier on Sunday, the university authorities declared the varsity closed for an indefinite period following recent unrest on campus. They also instructed the students to vacate the halls by 9AM on Monday (September 1).

Sun News/ra