A group of students who are midway through their admission to the proposed Dhaka Central University began an indefinite hunger strike on Wednesday, protesting at the shifting of dates to complete the rest of their admission process.
They demanded that the rest of the admission process must start from today as was scheduled earlier by the authorities and their orientation classes must also be held today.
Protesting students vowed to continue the hunger strike until their demands were met.
A protesting student Abu Bakar Saddik told 抖阴精品 that the authorities twice postponed the dates scheduled for completing the admission process after the admission test had been held in August.
The dates for submitting the rest of the required admission related documents and money were initially scheduled from October 13鈥�15.
But the dates were shifted to October 30 鈥� November 15, said Saddik.
Then on October 26, the authorities again shifted the dates to November 16 鈥� December 1, said Saddik, claiming that October 30 was also scheduled for the orientation of the students admitted to the proposed university in the 2024鈥�25 session.
鈥楾he authorities are playing with our lives by repeatedly postponing the dates and delaying the start of our classes,鈥� he told 抖阴精品.
Another protesting student Mehedi Hasan Jihad said that they went to the administrator of the proposed university鈥檚 interim administration, Professor AKM Elias, on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum pressing the demands.
鈥楬e did not clarify the causes for repeatedly shifting the dates,鈥� said Jihad.
Eleven students began the hunger strike at about 10:00am on Wednesday, said Saddik, adding that they did not receive any positive response from the authorities yet.
Contacted, AKM Elias told age that beginning classes from today was not possible.
鈥業t is not possible to begin the classes from tomorrow (Thursday). A meeting was scheduled to be held in the ministry (education ministry) today regarding the issue but it did not take place as the adviser (education adviser Professor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar) was not present,鈥� he said on Wednesday.
鈥業 will talk with him (the adviser) about the matter when he returns,鈥� he added. 聽聽
Over 10,000 students were primarily admitted to the proposed university, according to administrator Professor Elias, also the principal of Dhaka College.
The government is yet to finalise the ordinance of the proposed university.聽
On September 24, the government published a draft of the Dhaka Central University Ordinance, 2025 to establish the university with seven government colleges amid student protests.
The seven colleges鈥擠haka College, Begum Badrunnesa Government Women鈥檚 College, Eden Mohila College, Government Bangla College, Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Government Titumir College and Kabi Nazrul Government College鈥攚ere affiliated to Dhaka University in 2017 before which they were under National University.
A section of teachers and students of the colleges in different groups, however, opposed the structure of the proposed university since the publication of the draft ordinance, while another section of students staged demonstrations demanding immediate issuance of the ordinance.
