Dhaka, April 19 -- In a strong protest against the attack on polytechnic students in Cumilla, students at Dhaka Polytechnic Institute covered the institution's nameplate with a red cloth and held a human chain on Saturday.

The protest, dubbed 'Rise in Red', was organised to express solidarity with the ongoing demonstrations and to voice their dissent over the treatment of diploma engineers and to realise their six-point demand.

The campus reverberated with slogans such as "From Mama to Master, the demands of the maternal home", "If Duet is an option, where will the diploma students go?", "Why the attack in Cumilla? We demand answers from authorities", and "Non-tech should not exist in the polytechnic".

The voices of the students echoed...