Students took to the street on Saturday demanding justice, compensation for their fellow student killed in Friday and Thursday's road accidents in two different districts, reports UNB.
In Barishal, students of Government BM College protested on Saturday, demanding maximum penalty for the bus driver involved in Friday's road accident in Barishal which left seven people dead.
One of the victims was an MA student of the college.
Agitated students blocked the Dhaka-Barishal Highway for about two hours, halting traffic on the busy road. They brought out a procession from the campus before putting up barricades on the highway at Notullabad around 10am.
Police visited the spot and requested the protesters to end their demonstration, said Nurul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.
The students called off their protests after Barishal City Mayor Sher Niabat Sadik Abdulla assured them that justice will be done, the OC added.
Seven people, including Shila Haldar, 24, an MA student, were killed after a bus of 'Durjoy Paribahan' hit a human hauler in city's Tetultala area on Friday morning.
In Benapole, students blocked Benapole-Jashore highway on Saturday morning demanding compensation for schoolgirl Nipa who lost her right leg in Thursday's road accident in Sharsha upazila.
The school students put up barricade on the highway around 9am boycotting their classes and they also burned tyres.
Vehicular movement came to a halt following the road blockade.
The students chanted various slogans- 'We want safe road', 'We want compensation for Nipa'.
Nipa, the class VI student of Burujbagan Pilot Girls' School, lost her right leg and another class VII student Smrity, was injured critically, as a pick-up van of Palli-Bidyut Samity hit a van carrying the schoolgirls.
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