News Desk :
Students of seven government colleges affiliated to Dhaka University blocked the Nilkhet intersection on Saturday morning in protest against the government’s decision to suspend exams.
Over 100 students took to the streets around 9am and staged demonstrations for nearly two hours, disrupting morning rush-hour traffic
in the busy area. A student, who did not wish to be named, told UNB that they were not intimated about the suspension of their exams earlier and they came to know about the same only after reaching the test centers, reports UNB.After staging their protest till 11am, the students went to the Dhaka University campus to meet the controller of exams. Later they went to meet the Eden College authorities at the controller’s request.
Government Bangla College student Rabeya said, “We blocked the busy Nilkhet crossing to protest the sudden suspension of our exams.”
Vehicular movement on the busy road remained halted for two hours following the protest, causing immense sufferings to commuters.
Earlier on Friday, the government announced the closure of all schools, colleges and universities of the country from January 21 to February 6 in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Bangladesh.Meanwhile, Degree students of seven Dhaka University-affiliated colleges left Nilkhet intersection on assurance from teachers of holding their examination as soon as possible. The protesting students receded their blockade at 11am on Saturday.Earlier this morning, while reaching at Eden College examination centre, the students came to know that their Saturday’s examination postponed which made them anger.After talking with Eden College Accounting Department’s assistant professor Khairul Basher and some other teachers, the protesting students left the road. They assured them to take the examination soon after discussing the issue with the authorities concerned.
