Dhaka Medical College on Saturday suspended all academic activities for an indefinite period amid ongoing student protests to press home their five demands.
The college authorities in a notification on Saturday also directed the students to vacate their hostels by 12:00 noon on Sunday.
The students who are now appearing for their professional MBBS examinations, and the foreign students, will be out of the purview.
The decisions were made in an emergency meeting of the college鈥檚 academic council on Saturday.
Earlier, the students of the medical college staged demonstrations to press home their five demands including adequate residential facilities.
On Saturday morning, students gathered at Milon Chattar on the college campus and brought out a procession to press home their demands.
The students alleged that they had long been suffering from a severe accommodation crisis and claimed that no effective measures were taken despite informing the authorities repeatedly.
鈥榃e have been living in rundown buildings that were declared abandoned and risky seven months ago,鈥� said a student.
They pointed out that Shaheed Dr Fazle Rabbi Hall and several other hostels were declared abandoned several months ago but the administration failed to arrange alternative accommodation.
They said that at least 1,500 students in DMC needed accommodation facilities but around 500 students had been living in the rundown building.
In protest, the K-52 batch of DMC students boycotted their orientation programme.
The students are demanding the construction of new hostels.
They demanded safer and better alternative accommodation until the construction of the hostels.
They also urged the authorities to ensure transparency in the hall construction process.
Aiman Talukder, a student of DMC K-79 batch, said that the authorities had suspended academic activities for an indefinite period without announcing any clear roadmap for solving their problems.
鈥楧MC students will face academic loss due to this suspension,鈥� he said.
He urged the authorities to solve their problems without harming their academic activities.
DMC principal Kamrul Alam said that they were negotiating with the students to overcome the crisis.
鈥業 hope that we will be able to resume the academic activities soon,鈥� he said.
