Barisal SBMC closes for three weeks

Female students of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College in Barisal start leaving their five-storey dormitory on the campus yesterday as the authorities closed the institution for three weeks after the dorm became risky with some portions of plaster from a pillar and the wall, falling down inside the building following construction of another five-storey dormitory too close to it. Photo: Arifur Rahman

The authorities of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (SBMC) in Barisal yesterday closed the institution for three weeks after a five-storey dormitory for female students became risky because of  a new dorm being constructed too close to it.

Dorm became risky with some portions of plaster from a pillar and the wall, falling down inside the building following construction of another five-storey dormitory too close to it. Photo: Arifur Rahman

The decision came at an emergency meeting of the academic council after some portions of plaster from a pillar and the wall fell down inside the old dormitory, creating panic among the students, said Principal Dr Bhaskar Saha.

The construction started three months ago, the college sources said.

The principal said about 700 students out of over 1,100 were female.

The students started leaving the dorm in the afternoon after they had been asked to do so.