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Students of seven colleges previously affiliated with Dhaka University yesterday gave the government a 15-day deadline to publish a framework for establishing an independent university.

“The committee responsible for the framework has assured us that their work is complete. We demand its publication within 15 days,” said Abdur Rahman, a Dhaka College student and spokesperson for the movement.

The announcement followed a meeting among student representatives of the seven colleges at Dhaka College auditorium.

Earlier, the students withdrew a 24-hour ultimatum after meeting advisers from the home and information ministries. “The government has shown a positive attitude towards our six-point demands,” said Moinul Islam, another spokesperson, following the meeting at the Home Ministry.

The students also called off plans to seize New Market Police Station and block DU buses after the authorities cancelled the colleges’ affiliation with DU and reopened DU campus roads to the public.

The meeting, chaired by retired Lt Gen Md The

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