Dhaka, April 17 -- Students from both government and private polytechnic institutions, who had blocked roads to press for their six-point list of demands, have now announced a nationwide railway blockade.

The protesters, who ended their road blockade on Wednesday evening, said they would take to the rail tracks across the country on Thursday to further their cause.

Rifat Ahmed Shanto, a student of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute, told bdnews24.com that students plan to block the Karwan Bazar rail gate at 11am on Thursday, after the SSC exams commence in the capital.

Ramzan Ali, another student of the same institute, said the decision for the new "rail blockade" was taken around 6:30pm, shortly after the daylong road protests concluded on W...