Technical students lift blockade at Satrasta after 3 hours

After staging a three-hour blockade that brought traffic in central Dhaka to a standstill, technical students lifted their protest at Satrasta intersection in Tejgaon around 2:00pm on Wednesday, restoring normalcy to one of the capital’s busiest corridors. The demonstration, which began at approximately 11:15am, saw hundreds of diploma and technical institute students gather to protest what they describe as the systematic erosion of technical education and the privatisation of engineering jobs, issues they say marginalise skilled technical graduates in favor of university-degree holders. Their protest triggered massive traffic gridlock across Tejgaon and spilled into adjacent arteries, including Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Gulshan Avenue, and the Airport Road, severely disrupting daily commutes and commercial activity. Commuters, office-goers, and emergency services alike...