Students, teachers, people of other professionals begin gathering at Shaheed Minar
Jahangirnagar University students gave an ultimatum to open all university halls within 24 hours
Protesters from across Dhaka starts to gather in Shaheed Minar. Photo: Md Belal Hossen
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Protesters from across Dhaka starts to gather in Shaheed Minar. Photo: Md Belal Hossen
Students, teachers and locals are protesting against the crackdown on peaceful protests in Dhaka University, Mirpur-10, Basundhara, Shantinagar, Science Lab areas of the capital.
Outside Dhaka, the protests continue in Rajshahi, Narayanganj, Lakshmipur, Brahmanbaria and Barishal, among some other districts.
Students of Jahangirnagar University previously blocked the Dhaka-Aricha Highway with a 9-point demand at 12:50pm.
They withdrew the blockade after an hour at 1:50pm. The JU students also gave an ultimatum to open all university halls within 24 hours
Major highways and roads have been blocked in some other districts as well.
Here are all the latest developments on the protest as reported by our correspondents.
3:32pm
At least a thousand people have gathered at the New Market area of Chattogram, protesting against the crackdown on quota reform protesters, reported our correspondent from the spot.
Photo: TBS
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Photo: TBS
Protesters from all across Dhaka has started to gather in front of Shaheed Minar, our correspondent reported from the spot.
Students and parents have staged a protest in front of the BNS Center in Uttara 7, holding the national flag.
“We don’t want to see the bullet bought with our tax money shot at our children,” said a protesting mother.