Anti-quota protesters brought out procession on Dhaka University campus as part of their ‘Bangla Blockade’ programme enforced against the prevailing 30 percent quota system for freedom fighters’ family members in government jobs.

The students took position at the campus on Friday (July 12) at 5:20 pm.

According to report, the agitated students will end the program today after staying for half an hour.

A number of DU students, under the banner of anti-discriminatory student movement, brought out the procession from in front of the Central Library around 5 pm and they were proceeding towards Shahbagh intersection marching different streets of the DU.

Additionally, leaders of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student body of the Awami League, were reported to gather at Madhur Canteen with a plan to persuade the agitating students to return to their classes sunning the path of the movement.

BDST: 1809 HRS, JULY 12, 2024
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