BUET students back in classes
The resumption was prompted by the removal of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Pro-Vice Chancellor Habibur Rahman, a clear sign that the government was paying heed to the demonstrators.
Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Sep 9 expressed hopes that the students would return to classes as they were keeping their promises.
The university authorities also withdrew two cases filed against the students during the protests as per the minister's assurance to the demonstrators.
Of the demonstrators, the teachers were the first to respond to the call with the BUET Teacher's Association, on Sep 10 afternoon, opting to resume classes from Saturday in line with a new academic calendar the Dean's Committee revealed earlier in the day.
The students also gave their green signal to the move pointing out that they would return to classes whenever called.
Vice Chancellor Professor S M Nazrul Islam nodded the calendar the next day, paving way for resumption of studies, ending the deadlock at Bangladesh's premier engineering university.
The movement
The teachers had been demonstrating since April demanding ouster of the VC and the Pro-VC on corruption charges. Later, students joined them.
The demonstrating teachers and students abstained from classes and tests, pushing the university into turmoil.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid met the teachers in an apparent bid to resolve the crisis roiling the institution. After the meeting, the teachers announced to return to class following Nahid's assurance to remove Pro-VC Prof Habibur Rahman and withdraw the cases.
The agitation at BUET gained pace as authorities filed two cases with the Shahbagh police on Sep 2 accusing around a hundred teachers and students of attacks on the offices of the VC and the Pro-VC, vandalism, ransacking records and looting Tk 0.3 million.
The BUET authorities filed application to withdraw the cases on Sep 5 following the VC's order.
The government on Sep 9 removed Prof Habibur Rahman from the office of Pro-Vice Chancellor.
The move met one of the assurances the Education Minister had made to them to pull the top engineering university out of the turmoil.
In the wake of the joint movement, the authorities had advanced the Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr vacation by a month to close it on July 10 until Aug 24. The decision, however, failed to deter the protesters from going ahead with the movement.
The university resumed on Aug 25 but classes and examinations did not take place as the teachers and students pressed on with their protest.
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