Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- The students of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) staged demonstrations on Tuesday, protesting the promotion of a driver to the post of engineer at the BEPZA complex as well as demanding fulfillment of their three-point charter of demands.

The agitated students brought out a procession from the RUET central library at around noon. The march paraded across the campus before heading to the main gate. They later blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi Highway at Binodpur.

Chanting slogans the demonstrators expressed their anger at what they termed 'a blatant violation of the dignity of the engineering profession'.

Ridwan Siddiqui, a student of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering department, said: "This p...