Agitating employees associated with Tribhuvan University Employees Association (TUEA) today opened the lock at the university after TU officials assured them that their demands would be fulfiled.

After a weeklong padlocking, the Central Library of the Tribhuvan University will reopen from tomorrow. The employees decided to reopen the library locked since January 31.

TU being an autonomous body, its consent is essential before upgrading colleges under it into universities, but the government has bypassed the legal provision. TU Act 1992 envisions TU as an autonomous body.

Tribhuvan University employees have warned of staging protest at the constituent campuses over their demands not met by the university.

A decade-long struggle of the people of Far Western Region to establish the central office of the Far Western University has been over.

Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara, has more than 14,000 students but attempts are being made to turn the Mahendra Multiple Campus, Nepalgunj, which does not attract many students, into a university. According to the University Grants Commission, around 380,000 students are enrolled in around 1,000 constituent and affiliated colleges of six universities.

A twenty-six member team of teachers and students of Tribhuvan university of Nepal led by Professor Dr. Udhab Prasad Pokhrel called on Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. AAMS Arefin Siddique today Sunday, January 15, 2012 at the latter’s office of the university.

Higher Education bill, also known as an umbrella bill — that brings all universities within its ambit — was expected to precede the RJU bill and Nepalgunj University bill.

Filling the vacant positions has been delayed as the varsity is reverting to the old practice of appointing academics with political leaning towards the party that is at the helm in the campus unions, critics say.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has grilled some top officials of the Tribhuvan University (TU) for “misusing public property and poor performance in maintaining good governance and academic environment”.