General students blocked Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka this morning for around one and half hour as they took to the streets protesting attacks on students by law enforcers and Bangladesh Chhatra League activists at Jigatola in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi yesterday.
The students began the demonstration around 11:00am and enforced blockade at the intersection before moving towards Science Lab intersection around 12:30pm, leaving the Shahbagh intersection clear for traffic movement.
Several thousand students, including over a thousand of Dhaka University (DU), gathered at the busy intersection in the capital around 11:00am and enforced the blockade, chanting the slogan “We Want Justice”.