Dhaka, May 9 -- Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) staged a rally and blocked Dhaka-Aricha Highway early Friday, demanding an immediate ban on Awami League (AL) and its affiliate organisations for their alleged involvement in the mass killings during the July uprising.

The protest began around 1:00 am at the university's Bot Tala area, with the protestors marching through several main roads on campus before taking position on the highway near the main gate, according to UNB.

The students put the blockade on the road for around 30 minutes while the traffic resumed around 2:00 am upon their departure.

They referred to the incidents of last July when, they claimed, two thousand students and civilians lost their lives in the violenc...