Gazipur, May 15 -- Students of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) staged demonstrations blocking a road in Gazipur for the second consecutive day on Friday, declaring the newly appointed vice-chancellor "persona non grata" and demanding that the next VC be appointed from among the university's own faculty members.

After Jummah prayers, several hundred students took position on the Shimultali road adjacent to the university's main gate and held a protest rally, disrupting vehicular movement for nearly an hour.

Earlier, the protesters brought out a procession from the university's central mosque premises, which marched across the campus before joining the road blockade.

During the demonstration, students chanted slogan...