Polytechnic institute and diploma engineering students have ended their blockade of the Sat Rasta area in Dhaka’s Tejgaon, clearing the major thoroughfare. Jobair Patwary, a student of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute and representative of the protesters, said they cleared the road around 2:30pm on Wednesday at the request of police. However, he announced that the students would conduct a “effigy-burning” demonstration at all private and public polytechnic institutes on Thursday to continue to press for their four-point list of demands. “We will paste the three-point demands by BSc engineering students to the scarecrows and set them on fire,” said Sabbir Ahmed, office secretary of Karigori Chhatra Andolon, which is spearheading the movement. • All activities conducted in support of the “unreasonable” three-point demands of BSc Engineering students must be halted immediately by the state• The outline and recommendations of the reasonable six-point demands raised by the Technical Students' Movement, Bangladesh must be fully implemented.

Source: bd News24 September 17, 2025 12:29 UTC