Police blocked engineering university students as they marched toward the Jamuna to press home their three-point demand. Tear gas shells and sound grenades were fired to disperse the crowd, triggering a chase-and-counter chase near Hotel Intercontinental.
Students had begun their protest at Shahbagh around 11 a.m. under the "Long March to Dhaka" program, and by 1:40 p.m. they started moving toward Jamuna. Several were injured during the clashes and taken to hospitals. Adviser Muhammad Faozul Kabir Khan urged students to return to classes, assuring that a committee of four advisers—with representatives from both BSc and diploma engineers—was being formed to review their demands.