The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

Vice-Chancellor of the Dhaka University Prof SMA Faiz said yesterday that he would resign to uphold the dignity and honour of the post. He further said that he was preparing his resignation letter to be submitted to proper authority soon.

Prof Faiz expressed his intention to resign when a delegation of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, met and gave a 48- hour ultimatum to him to bring normalcy on the campus to enable students to pursue their academic activities.

During the meeting, the JCD leaders blamed the vice-chancellor for his failure to maintain congenial academic atmosphere on the campus. They also urged the VC to take steps to stop vandalism and brutalism on the campus.

Later, the JCD leaders held a press conference at the Modhu`s canteen and

Recounted the vandalism unleashed by the BCL cadres on the JCD activists and their followers.

They claimed that some 50 JCD activists and journalists came under BCL attacks on the campus after the national election and it is still continuing. They criticised the university authority for its failure to give protection to the innocent students.

Before holding press conference, BCL men beat up another two JCD activists known as Surgeon, a third year students of Kabi Jasim Uddin Hall and Foysal, a fourth year students of Shahidullah Hall.

JCD leader Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel, Nurul Isalam Nayan, Dulal Hossain, Amirul Islam Alim, DU unit president Hasan Mamun, general secretary Saiful Islam Firoz, Mamunur Rashid Mamun, Obaidul Haq Nasir, Akram Hossain, among others, were present in the press conference.