The protests are set to resume at Raju Memorial Sculpture on Thursday as protest leaders urged students from all educational institutions in Dhaka to stage sit-ins in front of their respective institutions. Dhaka University Central Students Union and other organisations have urged the EC to reschedule the Jan 30 city corporation elections to another date as it coincides with Saraswati Puja. A group of students from Dhaka University subsequently began protests on Tuesday evening and announced a plan to lay siege to the EC headquarters on Wednesday if their demands were not met. "The students of Dhaka University will not accept any decision that upholds communalism," said DUCSU AGS Saddam Hossain as he expressed solidarity with the protesters. Traffic came to a standstill at Shahbagh at around 2 pm as the students protested for an hour.

Source: bd News24 January 15, 2020 11:37 UTC