Rejecting the interim government's newly formed committee, protesting engineering students have announced a fresh five-point demand. Speaking at a press conference this afternoon (27 August) in front of the InterContinental Hotel in Dhaka, the students declared that they will continue their protest until their demands are met. Later, they blocked the Shahbagh intersection, causing traffic congestion at Shahbagh and surrounding areas. Earlier in the day, the Cabinet Division formed a committee to examine and make recommendations on the professional demands of BSc and diploma engineers, amid protests by both groups over competing demands. Engineering students from Buet and other universities had launched protests with three demands, including barring diploma engineers from using the title of "engineer" before their names. They...
Rejecting the interim government's newly formed committee, protesting engineering students have announced a fresh five-point demand. Speaking at a press conference this afternoon (27 August)...
Engineering students protesting at Shahbagh over different demands have withdrawn from the streets after DMP Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali apologised for police baton charges...
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - At least eight members of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) were injured this afternoon during the protest of the...
Ten people were injured as police lobbed tear gas shells and charged baton to disperse engineering students near Hotel Intercontinental when they attempted to move...
Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and several private engineering universities have announced a fresh program – a “Long March to Dhaka”...
Protesting engineering students have called for an apology from Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury and raised five demands, alleging a police attack on them. They...
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 the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and several other universities have blocked the Shahbagh intersection, staging a protest to press...
At least 15 people, including eight policemen, have been injured in a clash with engineering students from BUET and other universities demonstrating over three demands....
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...
Speaking to reporters at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday, August 27, Fouzul Kabir Khan, holds portfolios of three ministries – Ministry of Power, Energy and...