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University students across the country have blocked highways, streets, and railways as part of their pre-announced protest programmes in demand of the abolishment of all types of "irrational and discriminatory" quotas in all grades of government jobs.
Earlier, students from Dhaka University, Dhaka College and blocked the Shahbagh intersection in the capital.
Students from Dhaka University's Dr Muhammad Shahidullah Halland Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall blocked Paltan intersection.
Students from Barishal University blocked the Barishal-Kuakata Highway at around 12:00pm. The blockade was withdrawn at 3:00pm.
Prior to that, students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway with the pre-announced one-point demand for the abolition of all types of "irrational and discriminatory" quotas in all grades of government jobs.
Protesting students said the one-point demand also includes passing a law in Parliament to bring the quota system for backward communities to a minimal level, as specified in the Constitution.
The blockade started at 3 pm on Monday (8 July), the second day of the nationwide 'Bangla Blockade' programme that began yesterday (7 July).
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