Dhaka, April 16 -- A group of students from Dhaka University (DU) have staged a protest demanding the resignation of the vice-chancellor of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) over the recent expulsion of 37 KUET students.

The DU students rallied in front of Raju Sculpture around 4:30pm on Tuesday, where the demonstrators also called for the withdrawal of the cases filed against the KUET students.

Speaking at the rally, AB Zubayer, a student of Islamic Studies at DU, said the vice-chancellor's decision was similar to something the Awami League's autocratic regime would do.

He insisted though it appeared that the July Uprising had "freed Bangladesh from fascism", the KUET incident showed that "fascism" still lurks wit...