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The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have announced to return to classes as the authorities met their demands, including the expulsion of 26 students over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad.
The students wrapped up their movement thanking the university authorities as they met their major demands, reports bdnews24.com.
Mahmudur Rahman Sayem, spokesperson for the protesters, made the announcement from a press conference at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Wednesday.
“We would like to thank the BUET authorities as they accepted our demands within the stipulated time. We hope that they will work to provide sufficient compensation to the family of Abrar,” he said.
The protesters also agreed to sit their final exams starting on December 18.
After Abrar, a second-year student of electrical and electronic engineering, was tortured to death at a dormitory on October 6, the university suspended 19 students and banned political activities on the campus amid student protests.
The university authorities have since been gradually implementing the demands of the disgruntled students.
On November 22, the disciplinary board of BUET expelled 26 students over the murder of Abrar based on a report by a committee formed by the authorities to investigate the killing.
It also suspended six other students for different terms for the breach of rules.
The protesters postponed demonstrations on October 15 when the authorities met some of their demands after accepting all, but the students did not return to classes as some other demands were yet to be fulfilled.
After police submitted the charge sheet, the protesters set three conditions for withdrawing the strike, including permanent expulsion of those charged in the case.
They also demanded punishment to those involved in previous ragging incidents on the campus and inclusion of the ban on politics in the university’s ordinance.