In continuation of their demonstration for residential halls, the students of Jagannath University today padlocked most of its buildings on the campus paralysing academic and administrative activities of the university.

Hundreds of agitating students thronged the JnU campus around 8:30am and locked most of the buildings as they announced a two-day strike yesterday.

They were staging demonstrations with a fake dead body shrouded with a white piece of cloth at Rai Shaheb Bazar intersection in the old part of Dhaka till 11:00am when the report was filed.

In continuation of their demonstration for residential halls, the students of Jagannath University today padlock most of its buildings on the campus paralysing academic and administrative activities of the university on Tuesday, August 23, 2016. Photo: Amran Hossain

Transport movements on the intersection and nearby roads were suspended following the demonstration, which has aggravated the traffic condition.

“We will continue today’s demonstration till 1:30pm,” Shafiqul Islam, one of the agitating students told The Daily Star.

“Our accommodation problem has to be addressed immediately, we want dormitories,” he said adding that the demonstration will continue until our demand is fulfilled.

The JnU students announced a strike after police barred their procession from reaching the Prime Minister's Office yesterday.

The students started their demonstration demanding residential halls on the land of Dhaka's old central jail soon after the prison was shifted to Keraniganj last month.