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Left-leaning students blocade Dhaka-Aricha highway

| Updated: November 30, 2017 18:15:22


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Left-leaning students of Jahangirnagar University on Thursday blockaded the Dhaka-Aricha highway.

They blockaded Joy Bangla gate of the university in support of thusday's countrywide hartal protesting power price hike.


Some 20-30 students under the banner of "Progotishil Chhatra Jote" blocked the highway for two hours from 6:00 am to 8:00 am, said Imran Nadim, president of JU unit of Chhatra Union.

A huge traffic jam created on the busy highway following the blockade.
On information, Ashulia police rushed to the spot and drove them away from the road.

On Wednesday night, the jote also staged a protest rally on the campus, supporting the hartal,according to UNB report.

Earlier, Left-leaning political parties called countrywide half-day hartal protesting power tariff hike.
The eight-hour strike started at 6:00 am and will continue till 2:00 pm.

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