Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Student protesters gathered in front of the Shaheed Minar around 10:30 am on Friday to press for their 10-point charter of demands as the campus reverberated with angry slogans.

They are poised to meet with Vice-Chancellor Saiful Islam at BUET's auditorium around 5 pm after threatening to lock the gates of all university building should their demands go unheeded.

Their demands include capital punishment for the killers and their expulsion, the university bearing the costs of the legal action and compensating Abrar's family, a fast-tracked trial in a speedy tribunal, immediate submission of the charge-sheet, disclosure of all previous incidents of violence and a ban on organisation-based politics in the university, amon...