Govt will sit with all stakeholders to find solution: Fouzul after meeting with protesting engineering students
The meeting began around 7:15pm at the Rail Bhaban, where 11 representatives of the students took part
The government will sit with all stakeholders to find a solution regarding the protesting engineering university students' demands, Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan said today (27 August).
"The clash between the students and the police is unwanted. Several students have been injured. The police officer involved will apologise to them," he told the media after a meeting with the representatives of the protesting students.
Fouzul added, "We have heard their (the protesters) side, but there are many other stakeholders. We will listen to the university teachers, then the diploma engineers, and then the engineering institutions that hire – organisations like LGD, the Public Works Department, the Power Development Board, and the Railway. We will sit with them all and try to find a solution."
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The committee will meet tomorrow to discuss the matter, he said, adding that they will later sit with other stakeholders.
The meeting began around 7:15pm at the Rail Bhaban, where 11 representatives of the students took part, according to media reports.
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan was also present at the meeting.
Earlier today, police fired tear gas and sound grenades, charged batons, and used water cannon to disperse students of engineering universities from the Minto Road, in front of the InterContinental Dhaka, as they marched towards the chief adviser's official residence, Jamuna, to press home their three-point demand.
Later, the Cabinet Division formed a committee to examine and make recommendations on the professional demands of BSc and diploma engineers.
However, protesting students rejected the interim government's committee and announced a fresh five-point demand.
Engineering students from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) and other universities had launched protests with three demands, including barring diploma engineers from using the title of "engineer" before their names.
They blockaded the Shahbagh intersection for the second day today to press home their demands.
The students said Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury must publicly apologise and take responsibility for today's "police attack" on members of the 'Engineers' Rights Movement'.
