Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- After being released from a blockade of his office and receiving treatment in hospital, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Sk Shariful Alam has held a syndicate meeting online.

However, only six of the 15 members of the syndicate attended the online meeting on Friday evening.

Aside from the VC, none of the six other university representatives were present at the syndicate meeting.

Shariful went to the campus on Oct 12 amid a movement by students and teachers at the institution calling for his predecessor's reappointment. At noon that day, the protesting students locked the administrative building, with the VC and others inside.

The VC was released from the blockade on...