Students of seven Dhaka University-affiliated colleges on Tuesday (June 20, 2023) blocked Nilkhet intersection to press home their 7-point demand. They put up barricade and staged demonstrations at Nilkhet intersection around 12 pm, triggering huge traffic jam on the adjacent roads, said witnesses. Read: IU Students protest attack on teacher, block Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway Stopping harassment of students of seven colleges at DU register building, revising CGPA conditions for promotion to next stage and publishing  results within the 90 days of examination, formation of a clear policy and authority and taking proper steps to solve teachers shortage and classroom space scarcity are among the demands of the students .

Dhaka South City Corporation's eviction drive at Nilkhet roadside market has been extended for two more days till Wednesday. Mohammad Maniruzzaman, executive magistrate and property officer of DSCC, said the ongoing drive at Nilkhet Cotton Market in the city is going on and the drive will continue till Wednesday as the authorities concerned have decided to extend it for two more days. Read: DSCC evicts 188 illegal shops in Nilkhet Russel Sabrin, chief property officer of the Dhaka South City Corporation, also visited the spot.

Students from various educational institutions staged demonstrations in the capital’s Nilkhet intersection on Monday protesting the latest hike in fuel prices. The students demanded lowering the prices of fuel to their previous rates within 48 hours, cancelling the decision of raising the fares of public transports, and ensuring half fare for students in public transports. The prices of fuel were increased abruptly on Friday night following which the fares of public transports also shot up. Also read: Students hold protest rallies in Shahbagh against fuel price hike Ismail Samrat, Chief Coordinator of the Seven College Movement, said, “Anarchy is going on in the name of fares in the public transport sector.  It must be stopped.  Commuters have to pay two to three times more than the previously fixed fare due to the unbearable condition created by the transport owners." After the programme, the protesting students went to Modhur Canteen to join another program called by the left leaning alliances to protest against police attack on their procession against fuel price hike on Sunday. Also read: Police fired at Bhola rally to silence dissent: BNP

Over 30 people including journalists and students were injured on Tuesday as students of Dhaka College locked into a series of clashes again with traders of New Market at Nilkhet intersection in the city.  The whole area turned into a battleground after a fresh clash erupted between them around 10 am as a sequel to a clash Monday midnight, said witnesses. Of the injured, some 24 people were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said a DMCH source.  The clashes disrupted vehicular movement from Science Lab to Azimpur  and created a long tailback on Mirpur Road and adjacent areas.  Vehicular movement returned to normalcy around 6 pm as police dispersed the Dhaka College students after lobbing tear gas shells. READ: Dhaka College suspends classes, exams after clash Shop owners in the areas kept their shutters down since morning. 

Students from seven government colleges affiliated with Dhaka University held a four-hour protest on Tuesday at Nilkhet to demand that the authorities scrap the results of a recently-held fourth year examination in which a majority of examinees failed and retake it. Students of 2015-16 academic session joined the protest blocking Nilkhet intersection from 1 pm to 4 pm halting traffic movement in the area and causing huge suffering to commuters. They dispersed after police arrived at the scene. Also read: DU to hold UG admission test from Oct 1, affiliated college test from Oct 29 The students called the results of the examination as “disastrous” because of the mass fails, most of them in English. Because of this a large number of students can’t now quality for admission in Masters. In the protest, students chanted slogans demanding special examination and publish the results of this exam as quickly as possible. Al-Amin, a student of Dhaka College, told UNB that they met Ik Salimullah, the coordinator of the seven colleges earlier in the day, but he did not listen to their demand. Salimullah is the principal of Dhaka College. Also read: Examinations of 7 DU-affiliated colleges to continue: Ministry

Amid demonstrations by the students of seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University (DU) protesting the postponement of their ongoing examinations, the Education Ministry on Wednesday announced that their examinations will continue maintaining the Covid-19 health guidelines.

For as long as almost anyone can remember, Nilkhet in the heart of the capital has been known as the hive of bookworms, where students, academics, publishers, booksellers and photocopy shops meshed together in an informal industry unto itself.