The government on Tuesday withdrew the army camp from Dhaka University in the face of student protest that continued for two days beginning with the manhandling of some students by army men at the university playground Monday afternoon.
   The army men garrisoned at the university gymnasium since January started leaving the campus at about 10:45pm. Ten army trucks left the campus at the time while clashes continued on the campus and in some areas near by till 11:15pm.
   More than 250 students were injured during the agitation as the students fought pitched battle with the police for two days.
   The agitation spilled outside the campus in Dhaka and over to other campuses, where students demanded that army camps should be withdrawn from all educational institutions.
   The government on Tuesday decided to carry out a judicial inquiry into the clashes and apologised for the incidents.
   About 100 vehicles were damaged on and around the campus. An army vehicle was set on fire between Shahbagh and the Kantaban crossing. The students also set fire to seven other vehicles on the campus and on the Mirpur Road between Nilkhet and the Science Lab, witnesses said.
   As the students brought out processions, the police charged at them with truncheons, fired rubber bullets and blank shots, and lobbed several hundred tear gas canisters to tackle the situation. The police also lobbed tear gas canisters inside the halls of residence.
   The university authorities suspended all the examinations scheduled for a week amid a call for a strike made by the students on Monday at all educational institutions for an indefinite period.
   The demonstrators burnt the chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, in an effigy Tuesday afternoon. The students also burnt two effigies of the army chief, General Moeen U Ahmed, at Aparajeya Bangla on the campus early in the day.
   The students of Dhaka College joined hands with DU students in fight with the police Monday night.
   Echoing the demand for the withdrawal of army from educational institutions, students brought out processions at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Jagannath University, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Kabi Nazrul College in Dhaka, Jahangirnagar University, Rajshahi University, Chittagong University, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet, Islamic University in Kushtia, Brajamohan College in Barisal, and Michael Madhusudan College in Jessore on Tuesday.
   The Dhaka University Teachers� Association at a general meeting on Tuesday extended support for the student demands and gave the authorities till Wednesday noon to pull out troops from the campus.
   The teachers� associations of Jahangirnagar University and Rajshahi University also extended their support for the demands of students.
   The RU teachers along with the students brought out a procession on their campus on Tuesday. Political parties and socio-cultural organisations also extended their support for the students.
   The government expressed its regret at the incident and gave an assurance of troop withdrawal. The Inter Service Public Relations Department in a release on Tuesday said that the soldiers involved in Monday�s incident had been withdrawn and proceedings had been initiated against them.
   The injured students received primary treatment in Dhaka Medical College Hospital, the university medical centre and Orthopaedics Hospital.
   Most students were injured in the head, leg and hand. Some of them were injured with rubber bullets, said Abdur Rahman, an officer at the university medical centre.
   The clashes resulted from an altercation between some students and some army men in plain clothes watching a friendly football match at the university playground Monday afternoon.
   As the army picked up some students, their fellows gathered and protested at the incident. The pro-vice-chancellor, AFM Yousuf Haider, who is now acting vice-chancellor, and the proctor, Aka Firowz Ahmed, reached the place to tackle the situation.
   As the matter could not be settled, the students ran riot, bringing out processions and chasing the police overnight. The police also chased the students. More than 150 students were injured Monday night as the police charged at them with truncheons, fired rubber bullets and lobbed tear gas canisters.
   The acting vice-chancellor and the proctor were beaten by the police when they were returning from Dhaka Medical College Hospital after receiving first aid as they had fallen ill in the clouding tear gas.
   The campus remained volatile overnight as the residents stayed out of the halls of residence on the street starting fires here and there.
   The students took to the streets Tuesday morning defying heightened security after overnight clashes.
   The students in small processions gathered at Aparajeya Bangla at around 10:00am and marched towards the Curzon Hall in a large procession.
   As the procession reached the Raju Memorial Monument, the police lobbed tear gas canisters. The law enforcers also charged at the students with truncheons and lobbed tear gas canisters inside the Roquiah Hall.
   After the clash with the police, the students gathered near the vice-chancellor�s house and started throwing stones at the gate.
   Another group reached Shahbagh and damaged more than 50 vehicles. They burnt a military vehicle and injured its driver.
   As the police attacked the students, they retreated to the Institute of Fine Art and began throwing stones at the police.
   Within minutes, the street became filled with stones. The students started fire with tyres and garbage every 20 yards along the street to weaken the pungency of tear gas.
   Witnesses said the police fired blank shots and charged at the students inside the institute with truncheons. The students retaliated and escaped by breaking the wall between the fine arts institute and the Institute of Business Administration.
   The police stopped all vehicle movement on the campus and barricaded all the entry points.
   Vehicle movement stopped on the Mirpur Road between the Science Lab and Nilkeht and on the Elephant Road.
   The students under the banner of Students against Repression at a briefing at Madhu�s Canteen in the afternoon said they would enforce a strike for indefinite period at all educational institutions across the country if their demands were not met by Wednesday.
   They demanded a public apology from army chief, Moeen U Ahmed, by Wednesday noon for the playground incident.
   The students demanded punishment to the persons responsible for the incident, proper treatment of and compensation for the injured students, release of the arrested and removal of all legal obstructions to democratic movement.
   They also denounced censorship imposed on media regarding the news of the agitation.
   After the briefing, a group of students, backed by the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, brought out a procession and demanded resignation of the army chief and withdrawal of the state of emergency.
   The students of other universities and colleges on Tuesday brought out processions demanding that army men should be withdrawn from all educational institutions.
   The students of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology formed a human chain on their campus extending support for the student demands.
   Students went out on demonstrations at Jagannath University and set fire to three buses. The police charged at the students with truncheons when they encircled the university vice-chancellor, who was getting off his vehicle. Three students were injured. The students called for a strike for indefinite period.
   At least 10 students of the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka were injured in police action as they brought out a procession in protest at Monday�s incident. The students vandalised vehicles at the second gate of the university at Agargaon.
   Students at Jahangirnagar University blocked the Dhaka-Aricha Road at around 10:30am, vandalised 4 buses, 2 trucks and 2 police vans. Law enforcers charged at the agitating students with truncheons.
   The students boycotted all the classes and examinations on Tuesday and called strike for Wednesday.
   The JU Teachers� Association demanded withdrawal of army camps from all universities and trial of the army men responsible for the DU incident.
   The teachers and students of Rajshahi University, wearing black badges, brought out a procession and the police took away the banners.
   Chhatra Samgram Parishad at Rajshahi University called a countrywide student strike for Wednesday.
   Students brought out a procession at Chittagong University and the teachers forced nine of the students to give an undertaking that they would not violate the Emergency Powers Rules in future.
   Students at the Islamic University went out on demonstrations against the police attack on DU students. They locked the main university gate and boycotted classes and examinations.
   Students, except for the activists of the Islami Chhatra Shibir, brought out a procession at Michael Madhusudan College in protest at the DU incident.
   The students of Brajamohan College in Barisal brought out a silent procession and handed over a memorandum to the college principal to press home the demands of the students in 12 hours. They also threatened a strike for indefinite period.