Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Students demanding a final ordinance to combine seven government colleges previously affiliated with Dhaka University into the proposed Dhaka Central University are demonstrating for a four-point list of demands on Monday.

The protesters, who gathered at the road adjacent to Sikkha Bhaban, announced that they will not leave the road without receiving a commitment to issuing an ordinance within three days.

Meanwhile, police set up barricades on the road to the Secretariat ahead of the protest, halting traffic on the route.

Md Naim Hawlader, a student representative of the movement, told bdnews24.com at 2:15 pm: "We are pressing for four demands. These are, to revise the draft ordinance based on stakeholder feedback and...