JnU shut down

Jagannath University (JnU) authorities have announced that the university will remain shut until its three-point demands are met.

Professor Md Rais Uddin, general secretary of the Jagannath University Teachers’ Association, made the announcement from the ongoing protest in Kakrail of Dhaka on Thursday (May 15) afternoon.

Prof Rais Uddin said: “We have not come here to speak against anyone. We have not come here to hatch any conspiracy. We have come here to demand our rights, to press home our demands. We will not return home without realizing our demands. The Jagannath University shutdown will continue until the demands are met. No educational activities of the university will continue.”

Students and teachers of Jagannath University (JnU) continued their sit-in protest on the road in front of the Kakrail Mosque for the second consecutive day, to press home their three-point demand.

The agitating students announced that they will continue their protest until their demands are met.

They are also demanding justice for the police action on their long march toward the chief adviser’s residence yesterday.

Vehicular movement through Kakrail junction remained suspended due to the student sit-in, causing traffic congestion in surrounding areas.

Meanwhile, law enforcement personnel remained on high alert in the vicinity.

The demonstration began around 11:45 am on Wednesday when students and teachers of Jagannath University set out on a long march towards the residence of the Chief Adviser in Jamuna. They were intercepted by police twice. After breaking through the second barricade, they were met with tear gas, water cannons, batons, and sound grenades, which dispersed the crowd.

Despite the dispersal, students attempted to regroup and advance. In response, police once again used batons and sound grenades to break up the protest.

The three-point demand includes implementing housing allowance for 70% of JnU students starting from the 2025–26 fiscal year, approving the proposed full budget for the same period without any cuts, and initiating the university’s second campus project as a priority in the next ECNEC meeting.