Dhaka University authorities yesterday recommended dismissal of six teachers of the institution, as they are staying abroad illegally for long without permission.
The six teachers are Prof AFM Mofijul Islam of business faculty, Assistant Prof Mrinmoy Jafar of English, Prof Anwar Hossain of Modern Language Institute, Assistant Prof Iqbal Ahmed of Economics, and Assistant Professors Mahmudur Rahman Bhuiya and Jahid Hasan Chowdhury of Political Science department.
DU Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique said the university standing committee made the recommendation to the syndicate, the highest decision-making body of DU, in accordance with the university rule. The syndicate will decide their fate in two to three days, he added.
DU sources said the syndicate first collected information on the teachers’ overstay and forwarded it to the standing committee for checking and analysing the allegations.
The committee, which found them guilty, finally made the recommendation. The committee held a meeting yesterday with the VC in the chair.
Arts Faculty Dean Dr Sadrul Amin, a member of the committee, said they made such proposal for the greater interest of the university.
A DU source said Prof Mrinmoy Jafar had gone abroad for higher education and still staying there for nine years and a month. The authorities asked him thrice to join the university, but he did not reply. The rest five are staying abroad for a similar period, the source added.
