Dhaka, March 21 -- A group of students have staged a late-night protest march at Dhaka University to demand the withdrawal of the chief advisor's statement on banning the Awami League, in addition to reiterating their previous demand to ban the ousted political party.

They have also called a protest rally at 3pm on Friday at the base of the university's Raju Memorial Sculpture to press for the same demand.

Around 1:30am on Thursday, a group of students took out a procession from the university's residential hall area.

The procession circled the courtyard in front of the Vice Chancellor's Office and ended at the base of the Raju sculpture. There, the protesters lit fires and staged a demonstration before holding a brief rally.

On Thurs...