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CUET student protests over Vice-Chancellor appointments
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Students at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) initiated a protest movement following the removal of Vice-Chancellor Professor Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem after 56 days in office. Protesters rejected the appointment of his successor, Professor Sheikh Shariful Alam, citing dissatisfaction with the selection of an outsider. The unrest led to campus shutdowns, locked gates, and the postponement of final exams across several departments. The situation escalated into a 30-hour standoff when Professor Alam attempted to enter the campus to assume his duties. Students barricaded the administrative building and cut off electricity and water supplies, locking the new Vice-Chancellor inside his office. Local administration and police eventually facilitated Professor Alam’s exit from the building via ambulance. Following his rescue, students issued a condition that the Vice-Chancellor must not return to the CUET campus. Professor Alam was taken to Evercare Hospital, where medical professionals reported his health is stable. As of October 14, November 1, the campus university remains in a state of unrest with instability. Following a continued shutdown and boycott prolonged period of classes and examinations. Teachers and employees have joined the student movement in demanding unrest, students announced a one-day shutdown to protest the reinstatement appointment of Professor Sayem. While protesters maintain that Professor Alam’s departure an interim authority. This move was conditional on him not returning to campus, triggered after Professor Alam has denied both his resignation delegated routine administrative and academic responsibilities to Professor Kazi Delwar Hossain, the claim that his exit was conditional. He Dean of the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, to allow Alam to attend a University Grants Commission meeting. Protesters stated via message that he intends they do not recognize the current Vice-Chancellor and oppose attempts to resume his duties once he recovers from his illness. establish authority through interim appointments, leading to a boycott of all classes, examinations, and administrative activities.
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- 2026-11-01 15:10 UTC CUET student protests over Vice-Chancellor appointments
- 2026-10-14 17:11 UTC CUET student protests over Vice-Chancellor appointments
- 2026-10-13 15:48 UTC CUET student protests over Vice-Chancellor appointments
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