7 college students threaten to ‘March to Jamuna’ tonight

Students from seven Dhaka-based public colleges on Thursday afternoon warned they would march to the Chief Adviser’s Residence, State Guesthouse Jamuna, if the government fails to issue an ordinance on establishing a dedicated university for them.

Dhaka College student Ziaur Rahman issued the threat around 2pm during a road blockade enforced by the students at the Science Lab Intersection.

He alleged that the government has “betrayed” them by not issuing the ordinance on establishing the “Dhaka Central University” in the first half of January.

A parallel blockade was enforced at the Technical intersection by a group of students from Mirpur Bangla College.

The “March to Jamuna” was announced after numerous online media reports pointed at growing public anger at the road blockades.

Amid the college students’ blockade, a number of critically ill patients and emergency travelers were forced into long-distance walk as vehicles could not ply the roads.

They told journalists from different media houses that the movement for securing selfish interest by holding people hostage must come to an end.

They rebuked the students for the “inhumane blockade” and urged them to take the movement to the concerned ministry's office.