The meeting was presided over by CUET Vice Chancellor Mohammad Rafiqul Alam. Pro VC Mohammad Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Registrar and Director of Student Welfare Department Mohammad Rezaul Karim were also present in the meeting.
The announcement was made public in a notice signed by CUET Registrar Sheikh Mohammed Humayun Kabir.
However, the situation worsened and the protesting students set a Shah Amanat Pariban bus on fire at Swadhinata Chhattar after the announcement of the bandh.
At one point they locked the main gate of the administrative building. At that time, the Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Registrar of CUET were inside that building.
Earlier, Shanto Saha, a third-year student of the civil engineering department at CUET, and Taufiq Hussain, a second-year student of the same department, died after their motorcycle was crushed by a Shah Amanat Paribahan bus in Ziyanagar area of Rangunia on Monday. ,
The students have been protesting since then. The protesting students blocked the road for about 13 hours on Wednesday.