Dhaka, July 22 -- A clash broke out between police-secretariat staff and students when a group of students forcefully entered the Secretariat premises on Tuesday afternoon at one stage of their intense demonstrations to press home their several demands.

Police fired teargas shells and charged batons to disperse them, witnesses said.

Several vehicles were also vandalised near the Secretariat, one of the Key Point Installations (KPI) areas in the capital.

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The protests began around 2:15pm at Gate No. 1, where students gathered and started chanting slogans, including 'Fake, fake!', "Why did my brother die? The administration must answer!" and "Action, action,...