At least 300 teachers and students from Jagannath University (JnU) spent last night on the street in front of Kakrail mosque, continuing a sit-in protest demanding urgent government action on their three-point demand.

As of 10:00am today, demonstrators remain at the site, refusing to leave until their demands are fulfilled.

Their demands include the introduction of housing scholarships for 70 percent of students in the 2025–26 fiscal year, full approval of the university's proposed budget without cuts, and formal Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approval and priority implementation of the university's proposed second campus project.

Various student organisations, including Chhatra Dal, Chhatra Shibir, Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, and Students Against Discrimination participated in the protest.

"We've already faced police batons once and we're ready to face more," one of the protesters said.

"We won't return to campus until our rights are guaranteed," said Shamsul Arefin, member secretary of the JnU unit of Chhatra Dal.

"We stand shoulder to shoulder with the general students and all active student organisations. Our long march to the streets will determine the outcome of our demands."

Asadul Islam, president of Chhatra Shibir's JnU unit, added, "Our demands are justified and non-negotiable. When we first raised them at Jamuna, police used brutal force. Many of our peers were hospitalised. We will continue until justice is served."

Several senior faculty members joined the sit-in in solidarity.

Prof Mosharraf Hossain, president of the Teachers' Association and head of White Panel, along with Prof Monzur Morshed Bhuiya, dean of the Faculty of Business Studies, stayed with students until 4:00am.

"I'm here because my students are here," Prof Mosharraf said.

"I cannot leave them behind. Our demands are reasonable," he added

The protest escalated into violence at approximately 12:40pm yesterday when police baton-charged and fired tear gas shells at JnU students during their "Long March to Jamuna" programme in Kakrail, leaving several students and teachers injured.

Around 10:10pm when Information Adviser Mahfuj Alam arrived at the protest site in Dhaka's Kakrail in an attempt to defuse the situation.

He engaged in discussions with the demonstrators, but the atmosphere quickly turned hostile as a section of students began chanting "Bhua, Bhua" (fake, fake) slogans, reports our staff correspondent from the scene.