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They made the announcement at a news conference Monday afternoon at the campus transportation complex. Previously, they had demanded six points.
If the university authorities do not take the initiative to meet their demands, they will move on to the next program, he warned at the press conference.
Meanwhile, in a procession before the press conference, agitated students broke the lock of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall and entered; Later he left the students there.
After the afternoon teachers meeting, some teachers, including Provost Mojibur Rahman, went to Bangamata Hall and asked them to leave the hall. But the students said they would not leave the hall.
Three days ago, students clashed with locals demanding safety after clashes broke out with locals in the Gerua area adjacent to the university. Many more joined them on Sunday and Monday.
Meanwhile, the university authorities ordered the students to leave the classroom before 10 a.m. on Monday since there was no official announcement of the opening of educational institutions or corridors due to the coronavirus epidemic. But the students disagreed.
Sharmin Akter Sathy, a student (46th batch) from the Department of Botany, made a new demand at a press conference in Paribahan Chattar at 2 pm.
The new demands include withdrawing notice of the authority to leave the hall at midnight Sunday within 12 hours. They have rejected this notification.
They announced that they would not leave the corridor and urged not to attempt to leave the corridor in any way.
In the next 24 hours, the Gerua ‘terrorists’ were demanded to be identified, arrested and their instigators found to bring justice.
They said that some campus students-teachers and officials-employees became involved in the incident through various means and demanded that an investigative commission be formed as soon as possible to verify its veracity.
In addition, if the police station brings a case against an unknown person and a complaint is filed against the identified persons, they ensure cooperation.
If they do not accept this demand, they warned to announce a strict program on the 24th.
“We feel unsafe,” Sharmin told reporters. The boys are already staying in their classroom. We want the administration to open all the hallways and make arrangements for us to stay. I walked into a hall today. If the corridor does not open, we will see how to open it ”.
Meanwhile, Sharmin Akhter thanked the Minister of Education for announcing the start of classes on May 16 and 24, but said his post at Jahangirnagar University will remain unchanged due to different circumstances.
“We applaud the statement of the Minister of Education. However, the situation in Jahangirnagar is not like in other universities. Many students are staying in different places adjacent to campus, which is not safe for JAB students,” Sharmeen told journalists.
“In this context, we are still firm in our decision on the hallway location and students will increase if other students are removed today.”
Agitated students were seen at the scene gathering at the transportation facility around 12 noon. From there, they marched in front of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall around 12:30 pm. The students then broke the lock on Bangamata Hall and the students took up position inside.
Afterwards, the students marched back to the transportation facilities.
Students from the 44th batch of the Troubled Economics department also marched to the transportation facility.
Mahdi Hassan Rokas, a student from this batch of economics, told bdnews24.com: “We will continue the move until we accept our six-point claim. The 6-point claim remains in effect. For security reasons, we have arranged for all the girls get up in a hallway. We have rejected yesterday’s emergency notice from the administration. ”
Motahar Hossain, chairman of the steering committee, told bdnews24.com: “We are still awaiting the government’s decision. No new instructions have been issued yet. I will tell the students to leave the room and accept the authorities’ decision.”
Meanwhile, after the teachers meeting at 4 pm, Provost Mojibur Rahman and other teachers went to Bangamata Hall. If students are asked to exit the hall, they will not leave the hall.
Provost Mojibur Rahman told reporters that they would take action after reviewing the university law.
The vice chancellor, Professor Farzana Islam and Proctor could not be reached for comment.
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