Dhaka, Sept. 18 -- After staging road blockades in Dhaka and other parts of the country throughout Wednesday, students of public and private polytechnic institutes announced a nationwide rail blockade for Thursday to press home their six-point demands.
The announcement was made in the evening by Zubayer Patwary, a representative of the Technical Students' Movement, from Tejgaon's busy Satrasta intersection.
Although Wednesday's road blockade was called off in the evening, Zubayer said the agitation would continue in new forms. "We are now preparing to block the railway communication network across the country as part of our next course of action," he declared, urging polytechnic students nationwide to join the programme.
Earlier in the d...