Authorities of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) today preponed the Eid vacation from today and asked its students to vacate halls.

Male students were asked to vacate the halls by 5:00pm today while female students were given till 10:00am tomorrow, reports our Chittagong University correspondent quoting Rafiqul Islam, vice-chancellor of the university.

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, the VC said.

However, the university halls are always kept open during the Eid holidays.

Meanwhile, the students claimed that the decision came from the authorities to quell the protests.