Students of Government Science School and College today (September 12, 2022) blocked roads in Dhaka’s Farmgate area, demanding safe roads and protesting the death of a fellow student in a road accident in Tejgaon area yesterday. A number of students of the school took to the street around 11:50 am, in front of the Farmgate Police Box, demanding road safety, according to the UNB photographer. Read “No single nation can address evolving tech-based crimes on its own”

A police case has been filed against 250-300 unidentified people in connection with the recent torching of buses in the city's Rampura Bazaar area over the tragic death of an SSC examinee in an accident. Sub-inspector AKM Niazuddin Mollah of the Hatirjheel police station, filed a complaint, based on which an FIR (which marks the beginning of a criminal probe) under the Explosive Substances Act was lodged on Wednesday. The case has been filed against the accused for vandalising and torching vehicles, beating up some pedestrians, and creating panic among local people, as per the FIR. Read: 8 buses torched in Rampura after SSC candidate run over On Monday, Mainuddin Islam Durjoy, an SSC examinee, was run over by a bus around 10.45 pm in the Rampura Bazaar area near Better Life Hospital. Mainuddin’s death triggered violence, leading to the torching of as many as eight buses by an angry mob.

Traffic movement on BM College Road in Barishal city was disrupted for two hours on Wednesday morning as students of Braj Mohan College blocked the road. They put barricades on the road in protest against imposition of extra session and registration fees for the Honours 2nd year examinees of the college. Read:Barishal University students protest against attack on fellows Around 250 students of the college took to the streets in front of its Academic building around 10:30 am, halting traffic on the road. The college remained shut for two years due to Covid pandemic. The students threatened to continue their movement if the authorities concerned do not revise their decision. Read: Barishal University students continue protests for 2nd day The traffic on the road returned to normalcy around 12:30 pm after the authorities concerned assured them of meeting their demand. Contacted, Golam Kibria, principal of the College, said, “They’ll take steps soon to resolve the problem in consultation with the students and the higher authorities concerned.”

Students from seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University blocked Nilkhet intersection in the capital on Wednesday morning, protesting the postponement of their ongoing examinations.

Dhaka University (DU) students on Monday stormed Dr Muhammad Shahidullah Hall, which had been shut down because of the pandemic.

Students of Barishal University staged demonstrations for the second consecutive day on Thursday to press home their six-point demand.

Khulna University syndicate has sacked two of its teachers and suspend another on charges including breach of discipline, ill demeanour  and anti-administration activities.

The students of Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) demonstrated against the ongoing recruitment process at the university on Tuesday.

Several hundred students from various medical and dental colleges blocked the key Shahbagh intersection to press home their four-point demands including introduction of online classes and session-jam free academic years.