Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Harun Or Rashid, a retired bank official from Dhaka's Agargaon, gets up early in the morning to drop his granddaughters off at school in Mohammadpur's Asad Avenue.

He was delayed while picking up the children after school at noon on Sunday.

He said, "In the morning, there was a slight traffic jam on the road.

"When I took the rickshaw to go at noon, it was stuck in one place. I cannot walk much. After 45 minutes, I went to school and saw my little granddaughter crying in fear."

Like Harun, many people in Dhaka spent a painful day on the road on Sunday.

Students have blocked the Amtoli-Gulshan 1 road in Amtoli, Mohakhali, from the morning demanding the upgrade of Government Titumir College to a university.

On the nig...