The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

Dhaka University will reopen on October 28, while the residential halls will be opened on October 23 after a long closure over violent clashes between students and security forces on the campus on August 20 to 22.

However, the other official activities, excluding classes and examinations, will resume today.

The syndicate, the highest decision-making body of the university, endorsed the decisions at a meeting yesterday evening. The decisions were taken by the Deans' Commitee at a meeting in the morning.

The students who have already finished their final examinations under different departments could appear in the viva voce examination during the closure and also be able to carry on their other academic activities, especially applying for certificates and testimonials.

Besides, the examinations of the evening courses will be taken during the closure of the university. The postponed examinations will be rescheduled from November 5 although the dates will be announced soon.

The central library, research centres, departmental offices and the hall offices will resume their activities from today.

The examinations of the DU affiliated colleges will begin on September 15 as per the decision of the Deans Commitee meeting, while the academic activities at the colleges resumed yesterday.

Besides, the process of admission tests, including fixing the dates for taking admission tests and publishing admission forms will begin during the closure.

DU Vice-Chancellor Prof SMA Faiz presided over the meeting while Pro VC Prof AFM Yusuf Haider and Treasurer Prof Syed Abul Kalam Azad, among others, were present

The syndicate took the decision to reopen the university that was closed on August 23 for sine die after an order issued by the government in the wake of violent clashes between security forces and the students.

The authorities concerned postponed as many as 518 examinations of the DU itself and also the examinations of affiliated colleges under 26 categories during its closure till October 27.

Of them, 254 examinations scheduled to take place at Arts Building Centre, 164 at Curzon Hall Center and 100 of Business Faculty.

The students of the university have to face acute session jam minimum for five months because of the unscheduled closure of the university for 66 days, said an official of the examination controller office yesterday.

Prof Faiz said that they fixed the dates taking to think everything into consideration so that they could carry on all the academic activities normally.

Admiting the session jam, the DU VC said it is impossible to reduce the session jam giving the extra load on the students.

"We have to conscious in which the university is not closed unnecessary in future," he also said adding that, "He will try to over come the problem taking cooperation of all."

The government and non-government colleges in six divisional cities as well as some universities had resumed their activities from yesterday as per another direction issued by the government on Thursday.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet Agriculture University will open on September10 while the Bangladesh Agriculture University, Mymensingh and the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology will reopen today.

Jahangirnagar University and the Chitagong University will open September 12 and October 24 respectively.

The authority of Jagannath University (JN) will take decision by syndicate meeting about reopening the university today.

Earlier, the National University and the Noakhali University have resumed their activities.