Rajshahi University, all set for celebrating its 58th founding anniversary today, postponed its programmes till July 12 due to the countrywide general strike.
The university began its journey on this day in 1953.
The RU vice-chancellor, Abdus Sobhan, is scheduled to inaugurate the celebrations on July 12 by hoisting flags on the premises of the university main building at 8:00am.
Later he will lead a procession of RU teachers, students and staff, which will be followed by a tree plantation activity on the Teachers-Students Cultural Centre premises, a release said.
A discussion participated by the former and present teachers of the university will also be held at the Senate Bhaban.
Marking the day, RU student organisations will also hold separate programmes.
The Progressive Students Alliance, a platform of four leftist student organisations, while marking the day demanded withdrawal of the existing ban on holding political rallies on the campus.
Shipon Ahmed, general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra Union, a member of the alliance, told New Age that they would celebrate the day amid their demands of a fundamentalist-free campus and withdrawal of the ban on political activities.
Kendrya Sangskritik Jote, a platform of more than 15 cultural organisations, will stage cultural programmes on the occasion while continuing their demand for a full-fledged TSCC, said its leaders.
Many general students of the university marked the day, hoping for a campus free from session jams and accommodation and transport crises.
Imran Hossain, a fourth year political science student, told New Age that he envisaged a campus free from political violence.
Rajshahi University began its journey with Itrat Hossain Zeberi as the first VC and 161 students.
It has now around 26,000 students and 1,040 teachers in 48 departments under nine faculties. There are 16 residential halls for the students, including five for the females.
Source : New Age
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