Job seekers under the banner of Sarbadaliya Chhatra Oikya Parishad staged demonstrations in the city’s Nilkhet intersection Sunday morning demanding extension of age limit to apply for the government jobs. When they gathered there at 10.30 am to press home their various demands including extension of age limit, police asked them to leave the place. Read: Entering govt jobs: Farhad says no chance to relax age limit As the job seekers did not move, police chased them and charged baton to disperse them.  Officer in- Charge (OC) of New  Market police station  (Acting) Sam Qayyum said, "The government has imposed restriction on any kind of gathering and rallies to contain the spread of Covid-19."

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