Dhaka, May 16 -- Students and teachers of Jagannath University (JnU) continued their movement for the second day on Thursday at the entrance of the road leading to Jamuna in the capital to press home their four-point demand, including seventy percent of housing scholarship for the students, and called for a complete academic shutdown until the demands were met.

During the demonstration, General Secretary of the Teachers' Association, Professor Dr. Rois Uddin announced the closure the varsity.

Professor Dr. Rois Uddin said, "We have come here to bring the rights of Jagannath University. We have come here to achieve the demands of Jagannath University. The police have attacked us indiscriminately.

This is complete anarchy and injustice. ...