Dhaka, Sept. 21 -- Students were told to move out of hostels by 10am on Saturday after the university authorities declared leave until Oct 3.

"The university has declared the closure to bring the situation under control," said Nuruddin Ahmed, the university registrar.

Protests erupted at the university after Fatema Tuz Zinia, a second-year student of law department and a reporter of a daily, was suspended over a Facebook post on Sept 11.

The university authorities later withdrew the suspension order amid widespread protests and criticism. However, a group of students continued to protest on the campus in front of the university's administrative building and outside the main gate, calling for the VC's resignation for his alleged irregul...