Staff Reporter :The Medical test protesters will hold a demonstration at Dhaka’s Shahbagh today (Friday) to press for retake of medical and dental college admission tests.The announcement came on the 13th consecutive day of protests on Thursday from a gathering at Central Shaheed Minar and procession through Dhaka University.Over 200 admission seekers, guardians and students of medical colleges took part in the sit-in programme at Central Shaheed Minar.They were marching towards Shahbagh before being stopped by police barricade.A clash was held between the BCL back intern doctors and admission seekers in the city’s Central Shaheed Minar area in the morning. At least 10 students were injured in the clash by the attacker of outsiders, witnesses said.Md Ibrahim Khan, Additional Deputy Police Commissioner of Ramna Division, said police placed the barricade to foil attempt to interrupt public security.On Wednesday, the students had called for a “March to Dhaka” programme after a scuffle with police at Shahbagh where about 16 were detained.These students have been demonstrating since September 19, a day after the medical admission tests were held, alleging widespread question leak.Protests have also been held in other parts of the country. On the other hand, medical and dental colleges across the country have begun admission processes.A total of 82,964 students appeared for the medical test held on September 18 to vie for 11,049 seats in the 95 governments and private medical and dental colleges. Results of the admission test were published on September 20 where 48,448 students came out successful with 58.4 percent success.
