Hundreds of students from Rajshahi University blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi railway line today to protest the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs.

The protest began with a procession from the university's Paris Road. It then moved around various academic buildings before reaching the railway line, which they blocked at 11:30am, adjacent to the university.

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Ahasan Ullah Bhuiyan, chief operating superintendent of Railway West Zone, said the rail line blockade has halted railway connections between the north zone and the rest of the country.

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Aman Ullah Khan, the coordinator of the quota reform movement, said, "We will continue our movement without causing any damage to state property."

The development comes as anti-quota protests intensified across the country in the last couple of days.

On Thursday, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court decided to uphold until further order the June 5 High Court verdict that reinstated the quota system after terming illegal a 2018 government circular that abolished it.