Rajshahi University student goes on hunger strike over dependent quota reinstatement

A student at Rajshahi University has launched a fast-unto-death to protest the reinstatement of the dependent quota for children of teachers, officers and employees in first-year admissions. Asadul Islam, a student of Sanskrit in the 2020–21 session, sat in front of the university’s administration building around 5:30pm on Friday. He wrapped his head and body in a white shroud and displayed a banner reading: “Hunger strike unto death against the reinstatement of the tumour-like depenedent quota at Rajshahi University.” Asadul said: “The quota for which so much blood has been shed cannot exist in this university. It must be uprooted completely. I will continue my strike until the decision is withdrawn. If students could remove 17 years of dictatorship, we...