OUR CORRESPONDENT, JnU

Students of Jagannath University (JnU), who went on a hunger strike to press home their three-point demand, called off their protest yesterday evening, 35 hours after authorities assured them of meeting two of their demands.

Their demands include the transfer of the second campus project to the army for timely completion, the provision of temporary accommodation for students, and the arrangement of a housing allowance for at least 70 percent of students until temporary accommodation is available.

The education ministry issued a new notice around 7:00pm yesterday.

This notice provided assurances of accepting the first two demands at the meeting of the steering committee for the second JnU campus project to be held at the Secretariat on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, protesters gathered in front of the Secretariat since 4:45pm citing the “lack of clarity” in At

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