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Uneasy calm in Sylhet as Humayun stages hunger strike tomorrow

From Staff Correspondent
SYLHET. Mar 24: An uneasy calm is prevailing in Sylhet with only a day remaining before noted writer Humayun Ahmed goes on a hunger strike on Maren 26 in support of the naming of different halls and buildings of Shahjalal University.
Both the groups, supporting and opposing the naming, have announced programmes for tomorrow and the day after in the town as well as in the var-sity areas.
Humayun Ahmed and his family are scheduled to reach Sylhet sometime tomorrow or the following morning. They will sit for the strike at the main gate of the university on Sunday morning. A good number of noted personalities including cultural activists and teachers from the capital and Sylhet have also expressed their willingness to join the strike.
A meeting of different politi-
cal and cultural organisations was held and a 501-member committee formed to make the hunger strike programme a sue -cess. Commander of Sylhet district unit of Muktijoddha
Sangsad Enam Ahmed Chowd -hury has been made the convenor of the committee. Central secretary general of Ganatantrl Party Barrister Arash All, dis -trict general secretary of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal Lokman Ahmed, district Jubo Union president Mainuddin Jalal and leaders of some other cultural and political organisations at -tended the meeting.
On the other hand, some activists backed by the forum agitating against the naming an -nounced last night a daylong poetry reciting session at the main gate of the university on the Independence Day.
Besides, mother of Belal who was shot dead on December 25 in BDR firing during the agita -' tion in Sylhet has also announced to stage a hunger strike at the main gate the same day -demanding trial of the killing.
Earlier, the All Party Action Committee (Opposition) announced a two-day agitation , programme starting from tomorrow. The programme includes a rally at Court Point and a mass procession at 4 p.m. tomorrow (March 25). discussion meeting in observance of the Independence Day at Badaghat Road point and Madina Market point and a cultural function and rally on March 26.
The All Party Students Action Committee (Opposition) held a rally at the Modhuban Point this afternoon. The speakers vowed to resist at any cost the hunger strike programme of Humayun Ahmed.
An official of Sylhet district administration said last night they were observing the situa -tion and will take measures to keep the situation under control. He also did not rule out the possibility of imposing section : 144 in the concerned area to ' avert any untoward incident.