A SUSTS Student Dies: VC Resigns following Protests

One of three students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet, who were critically wounded in police firing on Friday night on the campus died at a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday. He was brought to Dhaka from Sylhet on Saturday.

The vice-chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet resigned on Sunday on the face of violent protests by the students who went berserk after the death of a fellow student in police firing. As soon as news of the death spread, the agitated students gathered in front of the official residence of the vice-chancellor, Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, and went on a rampage in the house.

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