Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and several private engineering universities have announced a fresh program – a “Long March to Dhaka” – scheduled for Wednesday morning demanding reforms in engineering sector, including barring diploma engineers from using the title “engineer.” They announced the fresh programme before leaving Shahbagh around 8 PM. The protesters’ three key demands are: preventing diploma engineers from using the title “engineer,” stopping promotions of diploma engineers to ninth grade of public service, and ensuring priority for graduate engineers in tenth-grade recruitment. “Our movement is not against diploma engineers or anyone else. This is for reforming the engineering sector. Corruption is rampant here, but if...
Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have announced a ‘Long March to Dhaka’ programme to press home their three-point demand, including the...
Engineering students marching towards Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus’s official residence, the State Guest House Jamuna, have clashed with police who blocked their procession. Reporting from...
Students from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and several other engineering universities are blocking Dhaka’s Shahbagh intersection for a second consecutive day. They...
Engineering students from BUET and some private universities engaged in a clash with police at the InterContinental Dhaka intersection on Wednesday afternoon while staging demonstrations...
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...
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