Bangladesh: BRUR VC released after 36 hours

Dhaka, July 6, 2014 (New Age): Vice chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, AKM Nurunnabi, who had been beseiged by employees of the university since Thursday noon, was released Friday night after around 36 hours. A group of employees of the university detained the vice chancellor  demanding their jobs be regularised and all due salaries be paid. One of the leaders of the   employee’s union, section officer Atiquzaman Suman   said,   ‘we gave the VC fifteen days to meet our demands. If he fails within that timeframe, we will launch a larger movement.’ The VC went back to his residence Friday night around 9.00pm. According to University sources, some 679 teachers and employees have been working in the university against 428 approved posts. Of them, some 132 are working as teacher against 112 approved posts by the UGC. Some 668 teachers and employees were appointed during the term of the previous vice chancellor Abdul Jalil Miah against UGC-approved 260 posts.