DHAKA: A group of students of Business Studies Faculty of Dhaka University Saturday went on rampage on the campus to protest what they said ‘faulty grading system’ introduced by their faculty.   

They demanded implementation of the common grading system introduced by the University Grants Commission (UGC).  

Campus sources said agitating students of the 11th batch of the faculty damaged eight rooms including office of Faculty Dean Abbas Ali Khan to press home their demand.

Shahabagh police later brought the situation under control.

The students alleged that the faculty was preparing results violating common grading system of the UGC, which will create trouble for them.

The faculty did not pay any heed to their demand. "We had no other option but to agitate," said one of the agitating students.

Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, however, said the students have the right to protest, but violence was not acceptable at all.

Dean Abbas Ali Khan, University Proctor KM Saiful Islam Khan and senior teachers sat on the issue to discuss.  

BDST: 2025 HRS, AUGUST 21, 2010