Secretary of Education Ministry and General Secretary of JnUTA Noor Alom Abdullah were present at the meeting with the education minister. He also said that they want accommodations for the entire student population which is more than 20,000 students while the proposed plans for the housing crisis only addresses about 1000 students which he hopes the PM will confirm. JnU representative of agitating students Imrul Shahed Badhan read out a written statement at a roundtable meeting at Reporters Unity with civil society, on Saturday. The proposed project by the education minister is over Tk274 crore. On August 1 JnU students were again staging demonstrations, boycotting classes and exams demanding their accommodation crisis be solved.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 04, 2016 15:56 UTC