CUET students maintain campus shutdown amid vice chancellor dispute

Students and staff at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) are maintaining a campus shutdown and boycott of classes and examinations. The protests are centered on a demand for the reinstatement of former vice chancellor Professor Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem.

Following a 30-hour confinement in the university's administrative building, current vice chancellor Professor Sheikh Shariful Alam was permitted to exit the campus for medical treatment. Protesting students claim his departure was conditional on him not returning to the campus, a condition they say was communicated to local authorities.

However, Professor Alam has denied both his resignation and the claim that his exit was conditional. He stated via message that he intends to resume his duties once he recovers from his illness. The university remains in a state of unrest, with academic activities largely halted as teachers and employees join the student movement.