Public university teachers’ work abstention May 2

Amid widespread protest against the killing of Rajshahi University teacher Prof Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, the teachers of all public universities will observe a three-hour work abstention on May 2 demanding immediately bringing the killers to justice.

Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers' Associations (FBUTA) took the decision on Tuesday evening, said a press release signed by the association president Prof Farid Uddin Ahmed and secretary Prof ASM Maksud Kamal, reports UNB.

The teachers will abstain from taking classes from 10:00am to 1:00pm in all public universities on May 2 while they will stage demonstration on their respective campuses from 12:00pm to 1:00pm wearing black badges, protesting the gruesome killing.

On May 3, FBUTA members will take part in a protest programme on the Rajshahi University campus and the following day they will submit a memorandum to the Home Minister in this regard.

Prof Rezaul Karim, 58, of the RU English department, was killed by miscreants in the city's Shalbagan area while waiting for a university bus on April 23.

Victim’s son Sourov Hossain filed a murder case with Boalia police station.

Meanwhile, the case was shifted to the Detective Branch (DB) of police for the sake of a thorough investigation.