Dhaka, July 29 -- There is nothing new in campus protests at Dhaka University (DU). Its students burst into protests occasionally to realise their various demands. They rocked their campus on Sunday, too. But this time it was prompted by an unusual reason -- dengue outbreak.

A DU student has died of dengue and at least '150 others' have been infected with the mosquito-borne viral disease amid a worsening situation across the country, prompting their fellows to demand immediate postponement of their classes and examinations.

The demand was made from a human chain formed at the foot of Raju Memorial Sculpture on the campus on Sunday.

On Friday night, Firoz Kabir, a student of the DU Finance Department of 2013-14 session, died of dengue a...