Protesting students of polytechnic institutes have announced a rail blockade across the country tomorrow to press home their six-point demand.

An organiser of the protest announced the fresh programme this evening at Satrasta in Dhaka's Tejgaon area.

The students said they will continue their movement until their demands are met.

They left the area around 6:30pm, ending today's protest programme in the city.

The new programme was announced more than eight hours after they blocked several major roads across the country, including Dhaka's Satrasta area, around 10:00am.

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Polytechnic students block Tejgaon road over six-point demand

More than 1,000 students blocked the road in Tejgaon, halting traffic movement to press for their demands, said Gazi Shamimur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Tejgaon Industrial Police Station.

Their six-point demand includes the transfer of "controversial craft instructors" recruited after 2021, ensuring four years of education in the diploma engineering course, and making each semester a full term of six months.

They further demanded that no one other than diploma engineers be allowed to apply for the post of deputy assistant engineer (10th grade), and that the post of deputy assistant engineer and other equivalent positions be reserved exclusively for diploma engineers.