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Medical Assistant Training School (MATS) students staged a protest today (22 January) in the capital, blocking the Shahbagh intersection after initially demonstrating at Karwan Bazar at 10.40am. As of filing this report at 1:30pm they were still on the road pressing forth their four-point demand.
The students called for the immediate filling of vacant positions at the 10th-grade level in government jobs, paving paths for new jobs in both public and private sectors, an overhaul of the course curriculum, renaming their institution to a medical institute, and the establishment of an independent Medical Education Board of Bangladesh.
They also demand the cancellation of the proposed Allied Health Professional Board. Regarding the traffic congestion, Shahbagh police station's Officer-in-Charge, Mohammad Khalid Mansur, said efforts were underway to persuade the protesters to clear the road, but they remained firm in their stance.
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