Residential students at Rajshahi University (RU) confined the provost of Shaheed Suhrawardy Hall to his office for half an hour on Wednesday alleging his negligence of duty.
Campus sources said over 200 resident students of the hall brought out a procession around 11am and later gathered in front of the provost office chanting slogans against Asabul Haque.
On receiving information, the Provost Asabul Haque rushed to his office, where the students confined him for half an hour.
The protestors alleged that although the hall was connected with WiFi network, the frequency was so low it rendered the network useless. Students also complained that Suhrawardy hall was yet to receive high-speed broadband internet, even though other halls already benefitted from the service.
Students also said an unhygienic dining hall had caused many of them to contract different food-borne diseases in the last few months. They claimed the hall authority does not take proper steps to clean the dormitory, and that the lone cleaner had not been coming to the hall for the last few days, creating a bad smell inside.
“We had talked to hall provost several times to solve the problem, but provost did not pay heed to the problems and that’s why such a situation has been created in the hall today,” said a student.
The hall provost Asabul Haque told the Dhaka Tribune that the WIFi connection had strong frequency. The students had freed him after he assured them that he would meet their demands as soon as possible.
He denied the allegation of serving unhygienic food items at dining hall, but said he would take steps against the cleaner of the hall.