Dhaka, June 17 -- Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon has offered fresh hope over Jagannath University's long-standing demand for a second campus.

The minister says he expects work on the project to move faster if the matter is discussed with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

He recalled a discussion with the education secretary who joked that they might turn into fossils before the second campus materialises, to which Milon countered that prime ministerial intervention would wrap up the project quickly, adding that the administration aims to complete at least one residential hall within a year.

Milon said Jagannath University would receive the government's "favourable attention", noting that the nearby Bangladesh Bank quarters cou...