New IU VC appointed

Professor Abdul Hakim Sarkar of Dhaka University was yesterday appointed as new vice-chancellor of Islamic University.
Chancellor of the university President Zillur Rahman appointed Prof Hakim, a teacher of Social Welfare and Research Institute under Dhaka University, as the new vice chancellor, IU Registrar Dr Moslem Uddin confirmed it.
He said the Ministry of Education has issued a notification in this regard.
The appointment was made in a bid to remove the stalemate that began at the university three and a half months ago.
Academic activities at the university came to a halt on September 8 as the teachers of the university under the banner of Islamic University Teachers Association (IUTA) started agitation demanding removal of vice-chancellor Prof M Alauddin, pro-vice chancellor Prof M Kamal Uddin and treasurer Prof Md Shahjahan Ali for their alleged involvement in irregularities in the recruitment of 132 teachers and officials at the university on September 7.
On December 24, the general students of the university blocked Kushtia-Khulna highway demanding immediate resumption of their classes and examinations.
Around 1000 students took out a procession on the campus at around 10:00am and besieged the administrative building for half an hour.
They later put up barricades on Kushtia-Khulna highway in front of the university, disrupting traffic for two hours from 11:00am.