Technical students warn of tougher movement if demands not met

Protesting technical students have warned to go for a tougher movement if their demands are not met. Md Mashfiq Islam, president of the Karigari Chhatra Andolan Bangladesh, issued the warning at a press conference after lifting their blockade at Dhaka's Satrasta intersection on Wednesday afternoon, September 17. Today, students from all polytechnic institutes observed sit-in, demonstration and besiege programmes at key points in respective districts across the country and will hold 'Kaktarua Dohon' (burning effigy) programme on Thursday, September 18, Mashfiq said. About quota for the diploma engineers, he said the diploma engineers are not mentioned in the ministry’s definition of quota. But the BSc engineers spread falsehood. At that time, Karigari Chhatra Andolan’s member secretary, Habibur Rahman Habib, alleged...