How death of student Abhijeet has sparked protests across three dozen colleges in Bangladesh
Dhaka National Medical College (DNMC), have sparked widespread tensions accross the country, drawing in students from 37 educational institutions, according to local media Dhaka Tribune.
The report suggest that students of DMRC allege that their fellow student, Abhijit Hawladar from the 24th batch, died due to medical negligence at the DNMC in Old Dhaka last week. Furthermore, the hospital administration allegedly attempted to cover up the incident by offering Tk10,000 to his family.
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The death sparked outrage and led to vandalism by DMRC students at the hospital on Sunday, joined by students from 34 other colleges in Dhaka.
Prominent institutions among the 34 colleges include Ideal College, Dhaka City College, Donia College, Adamjee Cantonment College, Giasuddin Islamic Model College, Govt Tolaram College, Dhaka Imperial College, Shaikh Burhanuddin Post Graduate College, Government Science College, Lalbagh Govt Model School and College, Notre Dame College, Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Public College, Siddheswari College, and Dr Mahbubur Rahman Mollah Institute of Science & Technology. Most of the participants were higher secondary students.
Following acts of vandalism at a hospital, students from DMRC and 34 other colleges launched attacks on Kabi Nazrul Government College and Government Shahid Suhrawardy College in Old Dhaka, where first-year undergraduate final exams were underway. Over 100 exam takers from both institutions were injured by flying bricks and stones.
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