Dhaka, May 15 -- The protesting students and teachers of Jagannath University have announced a "shutdown" on the campus to press home their three-point charter of demands.

Professor Rais Uddin, general secretary of the university's teachers' association, announced the programme after a discussion with the representatives of the protesting students on Thursday.

Addressing the protesters at the capital's Kakrail in the afternoon, he said: "We are here with the demands for the rights of Jagannath University. But police attacked us indiscriminately with support from people in the government. This is completely unfair and unjust.

"We are not here to speak up against anyone. We won't go home, and the shutdown of Jagannath University will con...