USTC students protest demanding teachers’ recruitment

The students of University of Science and Technology Chittagong (USTC) demonstrated Saturday demanding appointment of their vice-chancellor, heads and senior teachers of different departments.The students of engineering departments kept the pro-vice chancellor, Dr AHM Isahaq Chowdhury, confined to his office since the morning to meet their demand, reports our Chittagong correspondent.As part of the protest, at least 600 students also blocked Zakir Hossain Road in front of their university around 11:00am, creating traffic congestion.Police reached the spot nearly one hour after the incident and managed to free the road, pacifying the agitating students, said Mainul Islam Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Khulshi Police Station.