BAU protests fake statement circulated in vice-chancellor’s name

Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) has protested against a statement circulated on social media in the name of its vice-chancellor, Professor Dr Md Rafiqul Islam Sardar, calling it “completely false and baseless”.

The protest was issued on Tuesday (10 November) in a notice signed by Mohammad Toufiqul Islam, acting director of the university’s public relations and publications office.

The notice said a Facebook page named “Aspect Series” recently circulated a statement in the vice-chancellor’s name. The statement claimed that BAU was taking part in this year’s agricultural cluster admission test only at the request of the vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, and would otherwise have held a separate admission test.

The university authorities made it clear that the BAU vice-chancellor made no such statement. The statement circulated in his name is completely false and baseless.

The notice said circulating such a statement in his name without any verification is undesirable and misleading.

The page authorities concerned have been urged to remove the post immediately and publish a proper correction.

The notice also requested that proper verification and responsibility be maintained in future when circulating any person’s statement.

It also urged everyone concerned not to be misled by such false information circulated as the vice-chancellor’s statement.

The university authorities said: “As per the earlier decision, BAU will conduct the admission test this year too as part of the agricultural cluster.”

In other words, there has been no change in BAU’s participation in the agricultural cluster admission test; the test will be held this year as per the earlier decision, the authorities said.