Agitated students of Jagannath University (JnU) locked up the university main gate yesterday as part of their ongoing demonstration to retrieve their grabbed halls, which entered into day 25.
The demonstration got additional support as the teachers of the university formed a human chain and observed a sit-in programme yesterday.
A procession was brought out around 10am that ended in front of JnU Liberation War Sculpture, followed by a protest rally there. The main gate of the campus was locked at 11am and the teachers started their demonstration at the same time. The joint demonstration continued until 2pm.
Contacted, Shariful Islam, president of JnU Bangladesh Chhatra League unit, told the Dhaka Tribune that they would hold a protest rally and sit in programme in front of Bangladesh Bank, Sadarghat Branch to press home their demands.
Meanwhile, the hall recovery committee formed with local lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid as convener held a meeting at university vice-chancellor’s office yesterday.
At the meeting, Dhaka Deputy Commissioner Sheikh Yousuf Harun presented a report about the present condition of university’s halls.
The members of the committee also decided to hold a meeting with Attorney General Mahbubey Alam to solve the legal crisis in this regard, a release issued by the JnU authorities said.
