Students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Blockade at Agargaon

NN ONLINE:

Students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Block Agargaon in the Capital on Thursday to Press a Three-Point Demand. The blockade, organized under the banner of the Krishibid Oikya Parishad, began around 12:00 pm. The decision to enforce the blockade was made on Wednesday night and later confirmed in a Facebook post by the Krishibid Oikya Parishad.

Their three demands are: (1) posts in the 10th grade of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), and other research institutes should be reserved exclusively for graduates with agriculture degrees; (2) promotions to the 9th grade should be granted only through recruitment examinations, with quotas for BADC in promotions abolished; and (3) a government circular should bar individuals without an agriculture or agriculture-related bachelor’s degree from using the title “Krishibid” (agriculturist).