CHITTAGONG, Mar 14: Classes of the University of Chittagong will remain closed from March 16 to April 16 on account of the holy Ramzan. Independence Day. Shab-e-Quadr. Efd-ul-Fitr and Bengali New Year, a university press release said. The classes will resume on April 18 next. Another press release of the university said Dr Sultan Ahmed ol the Department of Statistics has been elected Dean, faculty of science, for a tenure of two years effective from March 14. 1992. reports BSS.