Start BUET admission process: HC

DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday asked the authority concerned to start the admission first year procedure in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for the academic year 2012-13.

An HC bench comprising of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarker passed the order in response to a writ filed with it earlier.

Earlier on July 29, Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Yunus Ali Akond filed the petition seeking its directives on the authorities concerned to open the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) classes within 24 hours.

In the petition, he sought the court’s directives also to take step in stopping BUET unrest and strike.

As per the petition, BUET authorities closed the institution for 44 days from July 11 in the name of summer vacation which affected the students’ study and examinations procedure.

He also sought court directive to the BUET authorities to start the admission process for the fresh students.

BDST: 1155 HRS, AUG 14, 2012
Edited by: Kaiser Ahmed, Newsroom Editor / Maria Salam, Asst Output Editor / SM Salahuddin, Output Editor