Dhaka, April 15 -- Students from Dhaka College and Dhaka City College have clashed once again in the capital's Science Laboratory area.

Tensions between the two groups began to simmer on Tuesday morning and turned into a full-blown confrontation around 11:30am, disrupting traffic on both sides of the road.

Assistant Police Commissioner (Dhanmondi Zone) Shah Mostafa Tariquzzaman said the situation was brought under control within half an hour.

"The tension between the two groups had been building since 10am. The clash broke out when around 250 to 300 students from the colleges faced off.

"Additional police personnel were deployed and order was soon restored. We have sent the students back to their respective campuses."

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