Private university students will stage nonstop sit-in programmes from Sunday until the 7.5% VAT on their tuition fees is withdrawn.
East West University students announced the programme in a press briefing at a restaurant at Aftabnagar in capital's Rampura on Friday morning.
Meanwhile, EWU students also demanded the punishment of those who launched attack on the protesting students on Thursday night.
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In a notice, North South University students also announced to boycott classes and stage blockade programme from Sunday.
However, Private University Students Alliance of Bangladesh (PUSAB) has said students will begin their blockade programmes in several spots including Rampura bridge and Dhanmondi at 3pm Friday.
On its Facebook page, PUSAB also urged all the protesting students to gather on respective places on time.
On Thursday, thousands of private university students took to the streets across the capital demanding withdrawal of 7.5% VAT on their tuition fees.
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The protests created severe traffic jam across the capital city, triggering untold sufferings to the commuters.
The students protesting the 7.5% VAT on tuition fees at Dhanmondi 27 intersection came under attack minutes before they were preparing to end their day-long protest on Thursday.
A number of protesters told the Dhaka Tribune last night that they suspect members of Bangladesh Chhatra League made the attack because they were chanting the “Joy Bangla” slogan.
Several hundred students of different private universities had been staging mass protests against the VAT imposition. But, the agitation has intensified Thursday after Wednesday's police attack on the demonstrating students of East West University.
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At least 23 students and the deputy registrar of East West University were injured when the police opened fire and charged truncheons during Wednesday's demonstration in Rampura.
In a press release issued on Thursday afternoon, National Board of Revenue said the authorities of private universities will pay the 7.5% VAT imposed on the tuition fees.
It stated that VAT on the tuition fees was not imposed with an intention to be realised from the students.
The government imposed a 7.5% VAT on private universities and medical and engineering colleges during the budget of the 2015-16 fiscal year.
Before in 2010, the government moved to impose indirect tax on private tertiary education, but had to pull out in the face of student protests.