Shawdesh Desk: The government has called an emergency meeting to take decision on the movement and demands of students of seven affiliated colleges of Dhaka University (DU).

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni, Deputy Education Minister Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, Secondary and Higher Education Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain, DU Vice-chancellor Prof M Akhtaruzzaman, DU Pro-VC Dr Muhammad Samad will be present at the virtual meeting at 6:00 pm on Wednesday.

Principals along with coordinators of seven colleges will also be present at the meeting.

MA Khair, public relations officer of Education Ministry, confirmed the matter.

Earlier on Tuesday night, the students took to the streets after the Dhaka University authorities at a meeting with principals of the seven colleges decided to postpone all the exams till May 1, citing the Covid-19 pandemic.