Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Three groups at Jahangirnagar University (JU) have taken different positions over the administration's plan to rebuild the playing field of AFM Kamaluddin Hall beside the new central library, with concerns over students' recreation, the library's study environment and tree felling.

Hall students want the field returned after library construction, while other students fear sports activities could disrupt readers. Environmental and left-leaning student organisations have opposed possible tree felling for the proposed reconstruction.

The six-storey central library is being built under the university's Tk 1,445.36 crore development project. Its construction is about 90 percent complete, according to project sources.

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