Dhaka, March 2 -- Students of the Medical Assistant Training School, or MATS, have warned about escalating their protests if their demands, which include job opportunities, are not met.

The health ministry would be held accountable for any "untoward incidents" resulting from their intensified protests, student representatives said at a media briefing at the Jatiya Press Club on Sunday.

The event was jointly organised by the Diploma Medical Association, the General MATS Students' Unity Council, and the Bangladesh Diploma Medical Private Practitioners Association.

Md Mujahidul Islam, senior coordinator of the unity council, delivered the keynote address.

He accused certain doctors of spreading misinformation about the MATS student movem...