Dhaka, May 15 -- Scores of Jagannath University students have poured in from buses in Karail to express solidarity with their protesting fellows who continued demonstrating over a three-point list of demands.

Students arrived in droves boarding at least 30 regular and double-decker buses from the university between 10am and 1:30pm on Thursday to join the protesters who remained on the streets overnight.

Abul Hasnat, a student who joined the protest in the morning, said: "We protested all day yesterday and many of us went home to freshen up at night.

"But our brothers and sisters have been protesting for 24 hours without eating; we cannot stay at home. So we have come again to join them."

Earlier in the day, Professor Rais Uddin, gener...