Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- Polytechnic institute and diploma engineering students have ended their blockade of the Sat Rasta area in Dhaka's Tejgaon, clearing the major thoroughfare.
Jobair Patwary, a student of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute and representative of the protesters, said they cleared the road around 2:30pm on Wednesday at the request of police.
However, he announced that the students would conduct a "effigy-burning" demonstration at all private and public polytechnic institutes on Thursday to continue to press for their four-point list of demands.
"We will paste the three-point demands by BSc engineering students to the scarecrows and set them on fire," said Sabbir Ahmed, office secretary of Karigori Chhatra Andolon, which is ...