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BSMMU students' sit-in in front of VC's office

By Staff Correspondent
Students staged a sit-in demonstration in front of the office of the rice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) yesterday, asking the authorities to immediately meet their four-point demands.
The students under the banner of Chikltshak Partshad (doctors' forum) locked the main entrance to the corridor on the first floor of the main building ol the university. Later, they submitted a memorandum to Vice-chancellor Dr A Qaderi.
The class II. Ill and IV employees' association and nurses' association of BSMMU also Joined the demonstration to express their solidarity with agitating students.
Dr Md. Abdul Aziz, president of the Chikltshak Parishad. BSMMUH chapter, told the Daily Star yesterday Dial the authorities are conducting tile affairs ol the university, in chiding recruitment and bind disbursement without the knowledge of the students, the stakeholders of the university, which was declared an au-
tonomous body on April 24. 1998
Why should we allow irregularities?" he asked. "In the past one and a half years we have submitted at least six memoranda but none of them were honoured."
The four-point demand include immediate cessation of fund distribution In the form of commission to other departments from university earnings. execution of the decisions approved by the Syndicate, reg-ularisatlon of employment of the resident medical officers and an end to recruitment oi staff from a particular district.
"We've noticed that a number of departments under diagnostic division have been receiving funds from the university earnings. the lion's share of which goes to the pockets of most of the professors and their subordinates." said Organising Secretary of the Parishad Dr Jahuiul I Inq said,
li is most unfortunate that most ol tin staff are being recruited from a partkulai dis trlct ever since the autonomous
body < .mi'' Into being
Asked whether they have raised the point with the higher authority, lie said, "This Is not the first time we are demonstrating. We have met with the VC several times before and he had assured of looking Into the matters, but he never did
Huq said they plan to observe a one-hour token strike today and an indefinite strike from Saturday if their demands are not met by this morning.
The Parlshad leaders met with the VC, the Pro-VCs and the registrar in the afternoon After hours of negotiation, the VC agreed in to meet the demands but he did not sign the relevant papers till writing of this report at 8:45 last night.