CU reopens amid siege programme

CHITTAGONG, Jan 16: Classes at Chittagong University (CU) resumed today amid indefinite siege programme enforced by Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) after a month-long vacation for holy Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr.

Shibir enforced the siege programme on the campus protesting killing of its two partymen in a gunfight with Bangladesh Chhatra League on the campus on December 19.

Most of the teachers could not join their duties as Shibir activists prevented the drivers from operating teachers' buses that ply between the campus and Chittagong city.

Shuttle train service was as usual but attendance of students in the classes was thin.

In the morning, the Shibir activists tried to held a rally on the campus defying a ban, but police foiled their bid.