Kabir Humayun: Autho-rities of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) preponed the Eid vacation from yesterday and asked its students to vacate halls.
Male students were asked to vacate the halls by 5pm yesterday while female students were given till 10am today.
The Eid vacation was supposed to start from August 19 but the authorities preponed as the students are not attending classes following the current student protest for safe roads, said Rafiqul Islam, vice-chancellor of the university.
However, the university halls are always kept open during the Eid holidays.
The students claimed that the decision came from the authorities to quell the protests.