College students block Science Lab intersection for half hour

Students from Dhaka College and Begum Badrunnesa Government Women’s College blocked Dhaka’s Science Laboratory intersection for a half hour to demand the institutions maintain their autonomy and to protest attacks on demonstrators. They marched to the intersection from their campuses around 11am on Tuesday and blocked it. The protesters cleared the road at 11:30am and returned to the campus. Mahfuzul Haque, chief of New Market Police Station, told bdnews24.com at 11:30am: "Traffic came to a standstill when students of Dhaka College and Badrunnesa College blocked the Science Lab intersection around 11:30am. Later, when we explained the situation, they left the road and returned to the campus at 11:30am. "They are demanding the preservation of the college’s identity." The protesters claim...