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Agitated students held a symbolic "red card" demonstration at the capital’s Rampura area on Saturday, to press home their 11-point demand to ensure safety on roads.
At 12:00pm, Some 20-30 students from Khilgaon Model College started demonstrating on the Rampura Bridge under Hatirjhil police station.
During the protest, the students chanted slogans and blocked traffic on Pragati Sarani.
Meanwhile, Students from different educational institutions blocked on both sides of the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the College Gate area in Tongi, Gazipur demanding half fare on public transport.
Several hundred students of different colleges took to the streets around 10 am on Saturday.
The protest continued till 12:00pm and caused long traffic jams on both sides of the highway and huge suffering to passengers.
Following a recent fare hike, students started demonstrating on the streets of Dhaka demanding half fares on public transports.
The student protests gained traction with the added demand for road safety following the death of a Notre Dame College student on November 24.
On November 29, another student, who took the SSC exams this year, was run over and killed by a bus in Dhaka’s Rampura.
The incident prompted an agitated mob to torch at least eight buses in the area, and further stoked concerns about reckless driving and safety on roads.
Students have blocked the road in the Rampura Bridge area for the past few days as part of an ongoing movement for road safety.
The demonstrations have caused heavy congestion in the area for the past few days, but the traffic situation seemed to be normal on Friday.
