Bangladesh, Aug. 31 -- Students of the Faculty of Veterinary Science and the Faculty of Animal Husbandry at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) on Sunday confined Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. A K Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan and nearly 250 teachers, demanding the introduction of a single combined degree.

The incident occurred around 1 pm at the Zainul Abedin Auditorium, where an emergency meeting of the Academic Council had been held earlier in the day in response to the students' long-standing demand.

Students began gathering outside the auditorium from around 11 am. Following the Academic Council's decision to continue with three separate degrees - BSc in Animal Husbandry, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), and a combined degree - the stu...