Kushtia, Oct. 12 -- The Islamic University (IU) unit of Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal, the BNP's student front has issued a 48-hour ultimatum demanding the immediate cancellation of two recent teacher recruitment boards, accusing the university administration of political favoritism and compromising merit-based appointments.

JCD staged a sit-in protest in the courtyard of the administration building on Saturday afternoon, calling for the annulment of the recruitment processes - one in the Department of Folklore Studies (held on October 9) and the other in the Department of Law and Land Management (held on October 10).

Chhatra Dal alleged that the boards were manipulated to benefit 'ruling party' affiliates and members of pro-government studen...