1 August 2024
Teachers’ body condemns ‘police attack’ on two DU teachers
The University Teachers’ Network in Bangladesh condemned alleged police misconduct towards two Dhaka University professors who were protecting protesting students. The incident involved Prof Nusrat Jahan Chowdury and Lecturer Shehreen Amin Bhuiyan from the public administration department. The network called for an investigation, describing the attack as a “severe blow to university autonomy.” They plan a protest rally on campus and expressed solidarity with students demanding government resignation, justice for killings, release of detainees, curfew withdrawal, and reopening of educational institutions. Daily Star