JnU Students Announced Strike for Two More Days

JnU students strike continues

Jagannath University (JnU) students on the streets demanding dormitories have now announced that they will continue strike on August 23 and 24, 2016.

The students made the call after being charged by police from protest march to the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka, where they planned to submit a memorandum containing their demands to the PM.

Rashedul Islam, Raisul Islam Nayan, and Safiqul Islam made the announcement of an indefinite strike through a media statement on behalf of the protesters on August 22, 2016.

Nayan said, "In protest against the heinous attack by police, we will go for an indefinite strike from tomorrow, boycotting all classes and examinations. The strike will continue until a specific order comes from the Prime Minister."

An hour later, Nayan again said the previous announcement was made by mistake, and the strike would continue for two more days - August 23 and 24, 2016.

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Account BenefitAround 10:00 am in the morning, police obstructed a procession of thousands of students at Bangshal intersection. The law enforcers then fired blank shots and lobbed teargas shells to disperse them.

The students claimed that police had wielded batons on them. Then their demonstration in the capital's Nayabazar intersection kept traffic blocked in the area, leading to severe gridlocks in the surrounding areas in the afternoon. The students, however, returned to campus in Old Dhaka around 2:15 pm.

The policemen lobbed teargas shells, opened fire and charged batons on them as soon as they reached the Bangshal intersection through removing police barricades at the Shankharibazar and Roy Shaheb Bazar intersections, the protesters claimed. The procession then made its way back to Nayabazar.
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