Bangladesh, Feb. 17 -- Jahangirnagar University (Savar), Feb 17 (UNB) - A group of teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Sunday demanded that the university authorities take steps to stop physical and mental harassment of newcomers in the name of ragging on the campus.

The teachers under the banner of 'Sammilita Shikkhak Samaj' made the demand at a press conference in front of the dean office of Mathematical and Physical Sciences faculty at noon.

The teachers' group convener and JU Teachers' Association (Juta) President Prof Ajit Kumar Majumder said mental and physical torture on freshers by some of their seniors in the name of ragging has become a serious problem at the male dormitories. "Although some hall provosts took initiat...