JnU students besiege BB\\\'s Sadarghat branch

Keraniganj, Mar 4 (UNB): The agitating teachers and students of Jagannath University staged a sit-in in front of Bangladesh Bank Sadarghat branch Tuesday, demanding removal of the branch from the university's land.

The students and teachers started the demonstration around 10:00am as part of their ongoing movement for reclaiming 13 university halls from illegal occupation.

At one stage, they laid a siege to the Bangladesh Bank Sadarghat branch and hung a banner that reads: 'Jagnnath University Academy Bhaban'.

Traffic in the area came to a halt for several hours following the agitation.

Besides, the student also hung a signboard of the university on a land occupied by Samabay Bank in Sutrapur area claiming it as university's land.

So far, the university teachers reclaimed four of its grabbed halls, including Gulshanara City at Waizghat and Ajmal Hall at Patuatuli in Old Dhaka.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education formed a seven-member committee, headed by MP Kazi Feroz Rashid, on March 1 for reclaiming the university's occupied lands. The committee was asked to submit its report with seven days.

On February 23, at least 25 students of the university were injured in a clash with police during their demonstration demanding that the occupied Tibet Hall in Bangla Bazar area in the city be reclaimed.