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Students of Dhaka University (DU) and the Inqilab Manch have held a protest rally against the police attack on teachers of Ibtedayi madrasahs. The Inqilab platform started the protest rally in front of the Raju Sculpture at 7pm on Sunday. Later, students of Dhaka University joined them. At the rally, the speakers demanded justice for the attack and called for the nationalization of Ibtedayi madrasas. At that time, they joined the agitating teachers in front of the Faculty of Fine Arts road, chanting slogans. Sharif Osman bin Hadi, spokesperson of the Inqilab manch, said, "Even though the government has changed, the character of the police league has not changed yet. When will the police become human? Until this police becomes human, Bangladesh will not be right." At that time, he demanded the resignation of the home advisor. Primary school teachers protest at Shaheed Minar, demand implementation of 10th grade salary scale Nurul Kabir Sagir, a student of Dhaka University, said, "Madrasa education is the most neglected. Among them, Ibtedayi madrasas are even more neglected. Even though the police uniform has changed, their character has not changed. The behavior of the police must be changed. We want to clearly tell the government that if Ibtedayi madrasas are not nationalized, we will be tough." Rezwan Rifat, a student of the Law Department, said, "What the police did today is extremely disgraceful. The salary that teachers get is not enough to run their households. We want a fair investigation into the attack as well as the nationalization of Ibtedayi madrasa jobs."

Students of Dhaka University held protest rallies to make a safe campus and launched campaigns to control the vehicles in the campus area. At 11am on Sunday, students started gathering at the foot of the anti-terrorist Raju monument where they observed a minute of silence by taping their mouths and eyes to symbolize the inaction of the administration for a safe campus and pressed an 11-point demand for a safe campus. During the campaign, students stopped various vehicles inside the campus area and redirected them if they found the vehicles unwanted in the campus. Protesting students are staying at VC Chattar of the University till now. Most of the students are from 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic session of Dhaka University. Read more: Horrific death on DU campus: Ex-teacher sued After that they went to the important roads of the campus to control traffic in the campus area. "Everyday 37,000 regular students move around the campus putting their life in security risk. Last Friday, a woman was dragged to death on the campus by a private car," one of protesters said, demanding to ensure a safe campus for students. "This campus is not a racing ground but during night time, outsiders come to the campus and most often they do car racing and motorcycle racing. Heavy vehicles also move around the campus which is very risky for the students. Anything could happen anytime," another student said seeking anonymity.

The Progressive Students' Alliance, an alliance of leftist student oraganisations of Dhaka University (DU), on Thursday staged a sit-in protest in front of the vice-chancellor's residents demanding reopening of residential halls before holding examinations.

A group of Dhaka University students on Wednesday demanded ensuring residential facilities for them before hosting exams for final year and masters from December 26 amid the coronavirus pandemic.