Dhaka, April 22 -- A group of Dhaka University (DU) students have vowed to launch a Shahbagh blockade programme if Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) Vice-Chancellor Prof Md Mashud does not resign by the end of the day.

They announced the programme at the foot of the Raju Sculpture of DU at 5pm on Tuesday in solidarity with KUET students.

Earlier, the students took out a procession from the VC Chattar in solidarity with KUET students which ended at the foot of the Raju Sculpture.

At the protest rally, Mosaddek, a student of DU's Bangla department, said: "The KUET incident is not an isolated one. An attempt is being made to factionalise KUET."

Mosaddek Ibne Ali Mohammad, another student of the Bangla department, sai...