RU employees lock admin building demanding low interest rate loans

Rajshahi University, Mar 29:  The employees of Rajshahi University (RU) on Monday demonstrated and locked the administration building demanding easy loan with 5 percent interest rate.
They also demanded transfer of vice manager of the Accounts Department.
The employees from 3 different organisations took position in front of the admin building at around 8 am.
President of the assistant employee association Sabbir Hossain said that they have been demanding a reduction of loan interest rate from 9 pc to 5 pc for a long time.
The university Vice-chancellor has also accepted their demand but it is yet to be implemented, he said.
The vice manager of the account department Ansari misbehaved with the employees when they went to talk about the loan, Trade Union general secretary Abdul Aziz said.
University Proctor Prof Lutfor Rahman said the employees are protesting demanding few matters but it is not possible to solve all the problems at a time.
“We will try to solve those as early as possible.”, he added, reports UNB.