The situation is getting worse as the authorities are not taking any step to end the stalemate while teachers announced a fresh agitation programme yesterday for withdrawal of the vice-chancellor.

The inquiry committee formed at a Syndicate meeting to probe the incident in which a student was killed in police firing could not start work in about one and a half months.

Left leaning teachers, now on an indefinite strike protesting harassment allegedly by some Shibir activists, at a meeting yesterday decided to stage day-long sit-in in front of the administrative building on September 6 and 7 to press their demand for 'withdrawal of the corrupt VC to save the university'.

The meeting was presided over by Dr Akhtarul Islam, former president of SUST Teachers Association.

Students also formed a human chain at the central Shahid Minar in Sylhet city yesterday and held a rally there demanding resumption of academic activities.

The Samajtantrik Chhatra Front took out a procession from the Central Shahid Minar towards the SUST. Police intercepted it near the BDR Gate at Akhalia, about half a kilometer off the SUST.

Opposition-backed student bodies, who are agitating for withdrawal of the VC and other demands, yesterday took out a procession from the city's Madina Market area towards the campus.

As police stopped it near the BDR Gate, the processionists held a rally there, vowing to continue the agitation till withdrawal of the VC.

On Sunday, SUST Teachers Association handed over a memorandum to the VC to press its 4-point demand within three days.

The demands include promotion of teachers, hiring of a guest house for teachers in Dhaka city, and transfer of services of some teachers to the government's revenue head from development budget.