Adviser to the education ministry professor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar on Tuesday said that in the past few days some unwanted incidents took place at some universities in Bangladesh.
鈥楢s a result, the academic activities are being affected there and we are quite concerned about that,鈥� he said while talking to journalists at the secretariat in the capital Dhaka.
The adviser made the remarks when unrests prevailed at different public universities.
The University of Chittagong on Monday suspended all examinations until September 4 following violent clashes between university students and villagers of Jobra from August 30 night to August 31 afternoon over alleged assaults on a female student.
The two rounds of clashes left hundreds injured, including CU teachers.
Students of the Bangladesh Agricultural University continued their protests for the third consecutive day on Tuesday by blocking the Dhaka-Mymensingh rail tracks and demanding an apology from the vice-chancellor, resignation of the proctorial body and action against outsiders and some teachers for an attack on them.
Professor Abrar said that they believed that any problem could be solved through discussion.
Mentioning that the discussion had already begun, he also said, 鈥榃e are expecting a quick solution.鈥�
He also said that education ministry officials were maintaining communications with the universities.
The adviser called on everyone to move towards finding a solution with patience and tolerance and added that these types of situation were not desirable to anyone.
According to education ministry officials, necessary steps have been taken for treatment of the Chittagong University鈥檚 injured teachers, students and employees with the support of the local administration.
A committee would also be formed comprising representatives from the local and university administration, students, local people and public representatives to establish cordial relations between students and teachers, they said.
Regarding the Bangladesh Agricultural University, which was announced closed sine die amid the student protests, the officials said that the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh was also working to identify the existing problems at the public universities.
Earlier on August 27, at least 18 people were injured when police charged batons, hurled sound grenades and lobbed teargas shells to protesting engineering students, mostly from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, when they were marching towards the state guest house Jamuna to press their demands, including reforms in the public service recruitment and promotion system of engineers.