Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- The Department of Music at Dhaka University has held a protest rally to demand the reinstatement of the assistant teacher positions for "music" and "physical education" at Bangladesh's government primary schools.

The protesters began their demonstration at the foot of the Aparajeyo Bangla Sculpture around 11am on Thursday with a performance of the national anthem.

Members of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies and the Department of Dance attended the protest in solidarity.

Humaira Nawaz, a student of the Department of Music at the protest, said: "Music and physical education help raise a child into a human being. You can see that music is taught in all countries across the world. This is because music kee...