DU teachers for release of Khaleda
A total of 201 white panel teachers of the Dhaka University (DU) yesterday demanded immediate release of detained former prime minister Khaleda Zia and other political leaders.
In a statement, the pro-BNP-Jamaat teachers said: “Reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC), withdrawal of emergency and, above all, holding of the parliamentary election are needed for the welfare of the nation.”
The teachers also expressed concern over the present political and economic situation of the country in the statement signed by Dhaka University Teachers' Association (Duta) President Prof Sadrul Amin on behalf of the teachers.
The statement said: “People of the country are facing severe crises due to abnormal price hike of essentials. Thousands of people become workless due to fall in investment and closure of industries.”
“The country would face a social disaster as a large number of people are living under the poverty line both at villages and towns,” the statement said.
The teachers said: “The people of the country are deprived of freedom of speech and political rights due to long-time imposition of the state of emergency.”
They raised the question on the impartiality of the Election Commission (EC) saying: “People are suspicious about the holding of a credible election due to intentional and partial activities of the EC.”
Prof Mohammad Aminur Rahman Majumder, Prof Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Prof Tajmeri SA Islam, Prof Saidur Rahaman, Prof Kamrul Ahsan Chowdhury and Prof GM Chowdhury also gave their statements.
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