Students of 2 depts boycott exams

Students of two departments of Barisal University (BU) yesterday boycotted their scheduled examinations, demanding withdrawal of the case filed by the university authorities against some students for vandalising the registrar's office on June 5.
First-semester final examinations of the second year students of the marketing and management departments were scheduled to be held around 10:00am, said sources in the university.    
Boycotting the examinations, the protesting students rushed to the offices of chairmen of the departments concerned, demanding that the authorities concerned defer the examination dates, as their preparation was hampered due to police harassment following filing of the case.
Prof Abdullah Al Masum, chairman of the management department, and Prof Wahidur Rahman, chairman of the marketing department, acknowledged it.
Meanwhile, students of the sociology department also announced that they would boycott examinations demanding the same, said Tanvir Qaisar, secretary of BU Teachers' Association.  
The university authorities will come to a solution soon regarding the demands of the students, he added.  
On June 7, university estate officer Saiduzzaman filed a case with Kotwali Police Station accusing Aqib Javed Khan, Reza Sharif, Enamul Moni, Al-Mamun, students of the above mentioned departments, and 45-50 others unnamed of different departments for ransacking the registrar's office on the university's temporary campus in the city on June 5.   
Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Harunor Rashid Khan said the case was filed after a 7-member probe committee led by BU syndicate member Prof Md Hanif submitted the report on June 6.
However, MA Qaium, lecturer of the marketing department, blamed the VC for creating unstable situation on the campus by politicising the administration.
On June 5, students of different departments vandalised the registrar's office, as they claimed that some officials of the university administration in spite of supporting the students took side of the transport workers, who attacked the students on the campus following an altercation between a group of students and a bus assistant on May 29, said the sources.