Midday Brief, Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Akhtar Hossen, a third-year law student of Dhaka University, goes on hunger strike demanding the authorities again hold the “Gha” Unit admission test due to leak of question papers. He started observing the strike at the foot of Raju Memorial Sculpture on the university campus at 1:00pm yesterday, around two and a half hours before the publication of test results. Akhtar vowed to continue the strike until his demand was met. Photo: STAR/ Palash Khan