Dhaka, May 16 -- Students of the seven government colleges affiliated with Dhaka University (DU) are announcing a protest, citing delays in issuing an ordinance to convert their institutions into universities and in putting an interim administration in place.

They claim the admission process has stalled since the colleges were de-affiliated, resulting in a session jam.

Although two months have passed since the announcement to convert the colleges into universities, no ordinance has been issued.

Frustrated by the delay, they plan to announce a protest programme on Saturday, demanding the ordinance be promulgated within this month and an interim administration formed without further delay.

Md Naeem Howlader, a student representative of ...