The decision was taken by the Syndicate after deadly violence surrounding the ongoing quota reform movementDhaka University has been closed indefinitely and students have been instructed to leave their residential halls by 6pm. Dhaka University will be closed indefinitely and students must leave residential halls by 6pm, Bachar said. The emergency syndicate meeting began amid tight security on campus by Border Guard Bangladesh and other law enforcing agencies. The meeting was to determine when students would be instructed to leave their residential halls. The notice also said that when residential halls reopen, any free seats would be allotted based on merit.