Residential halls of Khulna Engineering and Technology University (Kuet) reopened on Friday after remaining closed over the unusual death of Prof. Dr Mohammad Selim Hossain. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of Kuet syndicate on Thursday morning, said Pratik Chandra Biswas, president of the teachers' association. The university administration also announced to hold classes from January 9. Read: Kuet teacher’s death: BCL general secretary, 3 others expelled On behalf of the association, the university administration also decided to buy a Sanchayapatra of Taka 10 lakh to give it to Selim's daughter Jannatul Ferdous. The association also demanded a permanent job in Kuet for Selim's wife according to her educational qualifications. It also called for starting the judicial process to put those responsible for his death on trial.

Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) has been declared closed till December 13 amid tension gripping the campus over the death of a teacher of the university. The students have been asked to leave their residential halls by 4:00 pm on Friday, said an order signed by the Registrar (Acting) of the University, Engineer Md Anisur Rahman Bhuiyan. Read:Kuet students’ in Arabian attire; University authorities ‘embarrassed’ The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of KUET syndicate on Friday noon as the unusual death of Prof. Dr Mohammad Selim Hossain, allegedly due to mental torture and harassment of Chhatra League members, triggered unrest on the campus. Prof Selim, 38, a teacher of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) department at the university, was also the provost of Lalan Shah Hall. . According to faculty members of the university, Prof Selim died hours after some Chhatra League activists led by Sadman Nahyan Sejan, general secretary of Kuet Chhatra League, allegedly confined the teacher to his office and mentally tortured him to accept their choice as dining manager of Lalan Shah Hall for December.