Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- Protesting students at Bangladesh Agricultural University have issued a six-point ultimatum, seeking an apology from Vice-Chancellor Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan and a series of other commitments in response to an outsider-led attack.

AHM Himel, a third-year student in the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and a spokesperson for the demonstrators, outlined their demands to reporters during a rally outside the campus's administrative building at 11:30 a.m. on Monday.

Himel explained that the administration's order for students to leave the residential halls should be rescinded by 2:00 p.m., that all hall facilities must be maintained, and that the proctorial body should resign within 24 hours. He also called for the vice-chancellor t...