United News of Bangladesh

Diploma engineers and diploma students blocked railway tracks in Gazipur on Monday to protest the 33 percent quota for BSc engineers in the recruitment of sub-assistant engineers and to press their five-point demand. The protesters blocked the railway tracks at Bhurulia in the city, halting train communication on Dhaka-Rajshahi and Dhaka-Mymensingh routes. Earlier, they gathered at Bhurulia Mist intersection and brought out a procession which paraded through Shimultoli-Gazipur road. Diploma engineers block train and roads over quota demand in Gazipur Quaiyum Ali, Officer-in-Charge of Joydebpur Railway Station Police Outpost, said several trains including Banalata Express, Rangpur Express, Chapai Express and Teesta Express remained stranded at different stations due to the blockade.