Students block highway

Our correspondent, Thakurgaon

Students of Panchagarh Technical and Business Management College barricaded Panchagarh-Dhaka highway in front of BISIC in Panchagarh town on yesterday for two hours as their fellow was beaten up by transport workers. Police and locals said a group of students were coming from Boda by a passenger bus in the morning. The bus conductor engaged in a quarrel with the students as they were giving half bus fair. When the bus reached the bus terminal some transport workers severely beat up a student of the college leaving him injured. As the news spread other students they came out from the campus and barricaded the highway.