Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) held a protest today -- demanding the reopening of residential halls in November and resuming in-person classes.

Students protested the university's decision to start online classes from November 13.

At 11am today, around 2,500 students signed a memorandum addressed to Mizanur Rahman, director of BUET Directorate of Students' Welfare. Later around 12pm, students gathered at the Central Shaheed Minar and held the sit-in.

Students held placards with slogans such as "Don't want to be an engineer online," "Open our halls," and "Whole country is going offline, why is BUET online?"

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The students demanded that like other public universities, initially the halls should be reopened on November 1 for students who received two doses of vaccine, followed by students who received one dose.

Mizanur Rahman was contacted several times by The Daily Star but he did not respond.