Protesters demonstrating over quotas in government service have blocked a key road in Dhaka.



Students in universities and colleges across the country have boycotted classes and examinations as the government is yet to issue the official order abolishing the quotas in public service.
In Dhaka University, Thousands of protestors took out a procession from the central library around, suspending all classes around 11am on Monday.
It ended at the Shahbagh intersection, where protesters blocked the road and halted traffic.
Ambulances and emergency services, however, are being allowed to pass.
DU authorities, however, claimed academic activities were as usual. “Everything is normal on the campus. The exams will be held as scheduled,” Proctor AKM Golam Rabbani told Bangla Tribune.
Similar demonstrations are going on across the country
In Chittagong University, protesters blocked the rail tracks on the campus, halting the train service with the city.
On Sunday, the protesters set the deadline to 5pm to publish the gazette and threatened to go on an indefinite strike after observing a two-hour strike at educational institutions.

Senior Awami League leader and Cabinet member Obaidul Quader told the media the same day that they find the protests despite prime minister’s assurance as unreasonable.

On Wednesday, demonstrators threatened to take to the streets from Sunday if the government failed to publish the gazette by Thursday.



The announcement came after Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said on May 7 said there was no update on the process.