DU-affiliated college students stage demo

Students from seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University (DU) on Tuesday staged demonstration blocking the busy Nilkhet-New Market intersection to press home their four-point demand.
Sources said the demonstrating students, most of whom were of the 2017-18 academic year, blocked the intersection from 10 am to 1:30pm and after the assurance of some Dhaka College teachers, they left the street.
The teachers assured the students that they would hold a meeting with DU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman immediately to discuss their demands.
The students said if their demands were not met, they would resume their agitation again.
The barricade created severe traffic jam that spread into the adjacent roads as well.
The four-point demand includes promoting the 2017-2018 academic session students to the second year, re-scrutinising the exam papers and publishing the results within three months of all examinations.
The students also said they wanted the questions for their exams to be set by National University teachers and the answer scripts also be checked by them instead of DU teachers.

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