Dhaka, March 20 -- Students demanding safer roads have given the government 48 hours to concede their demands.

They ignored Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam and city police chief Asaduzzaman Mia's request to end the protest and vowed to continue demonstration until their demands are met.

Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury, a Bangladesh University of Professional student, died in front of Bashundhara residential area on Tuesday morning after being run over by a bus. Private university students have since been demonstrating at Pragati Sarani.

"The demands of the students are logical," Mayor Atiqul said on Wednesday. "They will be fulfilled."

He also laid a foundation stone of a foot overbridge in the area where Abrar was killed...