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Engineering students from BUET, other institutions block Shahbagh over three demands
Engineering students from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and several other universities have blocked the Shahbagh intersection, staging a protest to press home their three-point charter of demands. The blockade began around 3pm on Tuesday, with students marching and shouting slogans, creating severe traffic congestion across adjoining roads. Shahbagh Police chief Khalid Monsur said officers were working to ease movement. At a press briefing near Shahbagh around 5:45pm, leaders of the “Engineers’ Rights Movement” reiterated their demands. Vice-President Shakil Ahmed Iqbal said they had been campaigning peacefully for five months, sending letters to 100 institutions and meeting education and public administration ministries without result. He added that the protest was sparked by a death threat made in...
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