Dhaka, May 15 -- The students of Jagannath University (JnU) with their teachers on Wednesday brought out a protest rally towards Jamuna to meet Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to press home their three major demands, including housing scholarship for the seventy percent students of the University.
As the protesters heading toward the Jamuna, police obstructed them using tear gas and sound grenades. More than a hundred people, including faculty, students and journalists, were injured in this clash. In protest, the teachers and students staged a sit-in in front of the Kakrail Mosque crossing.
The police action came when the university students crossed the Matsya Bhaban and reached the Kakrail Mosque crossing.
Earlier, more than one ...