The University Grants Commission (UGC) has formed a panel to prove the situation at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) in Gopalganj.
Its Chairman Kazi Shahidullah said on Tuesday (Sept 24) that a five-strong committee led by UGC member Alamgir Hossain has been instructed to file its findings within seven working days.
“We will forward our recommendations to the education ministry based on the probe report,” said the UGC chief.
The other members of the probe panel are UGC members Md Sazzad Hossain and Dil Afroza Begum, UGC Director for public universities Md Kamal Hossain and Deputy Director Mauli Azad.
The move comes after the ministry wrote to the UGC on Monday (Sept 23) asking to open an inquiry.
Meanwhile, BSMRSTU students are continuing with their protests demanding removal of Vice-Chancellor (VC) Khondoker Md Nasiruddin for his alleged involvement in corruption and irregularities.


In the wake of ongoing students’ movement, the authorities on Saturday (Sept 21) declared a 10-day vacation ahead of Durga Puja and asked the students to vacate dormitories.
As the students refused to give in, the authorities severed power and water connections to the dorms, which were restored on Monday (Sept 23).
Later on Saturday, a group of “hired goons” attacked students who were on their way to campus to join the protest programme, leaving 20 students including three journalists injured.
Protesting the attacks, assistant proctor of the university Assistant Proctor Humayun Kabir resigned from his post.
Several thousand students have been demonstrating for the VC’s removal, bringing allegations against him of sexual harassment, nepotism in recruiting teachers and other employees, and corruption in development projects, including the construction of the Shaheed Minar and Bangabandhu’s mural on the campus.
The demonstrators said the university authorities suspended students and served show-cause notices to those teachers whose speeches or statements go against them.
Fatema Tuz Zinia, a second-year student of law department and a campus reporter of The Daily Sun, was a victim of suspension for a Facebook post.
Amid countrywide protests, university authorities revoked the suspension order on Sept 18.