Students lift Shahbagh blockade, demand edu minister’s resignation by tonight

A group of HSC students lifted a blockade at the Shahbagh intersection around 7:30pm on Wednesday, but warned that the education minister must resign by 10pm to avoid further protests.

The students said they were lifting the blockade to alleviate public suffering, but threatened to launch a “Long March” to the Secretariat from Science Lab intersection at 10am next morning, unless Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon met the deadline for resignation.

The Shahbagh blockade was enforced around 6pm on Wednesday evening, shortly after a group of students left the Secretariat area amid stiff police resistance. Some students said they left the area to “prepare for their next exams,” but warned they were determined to realise their demands, including the education minister’s resignation.