Students of different universities and colleges have been observing a two-hour strike on their respective campuses demanding publication of a gazette regarding abolition or reform of quota system.

The students called for the strike from 11:00am today as the government failed to issue the gazette by Thursday, the deadline set by the protesters.

As per the programme, around 100 students of Chittagong University formed a human chain at Sholoshohor Railway Station demanding the immediate declaration of gazette for quota abolishment.

In Rajshahi University, around 500 students brought out a procession on the campus around noon, which paraded different point of the campus.

Later, they formed a human chain before the central library demanding immediate publication of gazette.