No classes taken on first working day<\/strong>
\nNo classes were held on Saturday at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology although the university opened after a 44-day vacation.
\nThe campus was almost empty and only a few students were found gossiping, mostly in the BUET\u2019s cafeteria, and wandering here and there on the campus for the teachers did not take any classes.
\nMost of the teachers, wearing black T-shirts with the inscription \u2014 \u2018Save BUET, Remove VC, Pro-VC\u2019 \u2014 abstained from all educational activities to press home their
\ndemand for the removal of vice-chancellor SM Nazrul Islam and pro-vice-chancellor Habibur Rahman for their alleged involvement in irregularities in administration.
\nThey said that they began their fresh round of peaceful strikes at the personal level by skipping classes, but did not make any formal declaration or protest openly in
\norder to save themselves from the charge of contempt of court.
\nThe authorities announced the advanced vacation from 11 July to 24 August amid protest by its teachers who were demanding the resignation of the two top officials,
\nthough the vacation is supposed to stretch from 11 to 24 August according to the academic calendar.
\nThe High Court on July 31 imposed an injunction on the demonstrations of the teachers, jointly with the students and other employees, who have been staging an
\nindefinite sit-in since July 11.
\nA teacher of industrial production and engineering, Professor AKM Masud, who wore a black T-shirt, told New Age, \u2018We want to go back to the classrooms but a congenial
\natmosphere is no longer prevalent on the campus due to the irregularities committed by the VC and Pro-VC.\u2019
\nHe said that the crisis would have been resolved earlier had the government removed the beleaguered vice-chancellor and his deputy.
\nBUET employees, who were on duty on Saturday, said that only a few students came for the classes in the morning, but later they left the classrooms when they heard
\nthat no classes are being held.
\n\u2018I couldn\u2019t imagine that this renowned university would suffer from such a stand-off, which is hampering our education,\u2019 a student of the urban and rural planning
\ndepartment told New Age.
\nThe first-year student sought early resolution of the existing crisis.
\nThe canteens and dining rooms of the residential halls are yet to be opened.
\nThe general secretary of the teachers\u2019 association, Md Ashraful Islam, denied the association\u2019s involvement with the strike as the teachers on personal grounds
\nrefrained from academic activities.
\nThe leaders of the teachers\u2019 association, facing the High Court\u2019s injunction against staging demonstrations, said that they did not have any confidence in the present
\nuniversity administration but would abide by the law.
\nVice-chancellor SM Nazrul Islam said that the low presence of students in the classrooms is usual on the first working day.
\n\u2018The students are yet to arrive in Dhaka after the Eid holidays and the teachers should not abstain from work,\u2019 he said.
\nRegarding admission for the 2012-13 session, he said that a meeting of the academic council would be held on Tuesday to start the process.
\nThe High Court on August 14 directed the concerned authorities to start the admission process to the current session as soon as possible.
\nOn July 11, the teachers, along with the students and employees, began staging an indefinite sit-in at the academic building for 22 days with breaks for two days (July
\n19 and 20).
\nOn the day, all the five deans and the 17 department heads and directors of three institutes under the university resigned as the vice-chancellor and pro-vice-
\nchancellor refused to quit.
\nThey also submitted a memorandum to the country\u2019s president, Mohammad Zillur Rahman, who is the chancellor of the university.
\nSeveral initiatives by the government failed to bring the BUET stalemate to an end.
\nFrom April 7 to May 5, the teachers have been abstaining from classes and other academic activities to press home their demand for removal of the vice-chancellor and
\npro-vice-chancellor for their alleged involvement in irregularities including political recruitment and tampering with examination scripts.<\/p>\n

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