Dhaka University (DU) students continued to stage demonstrations on the university campus yesterday protesting the attack on sculpture 'Balaka' by the activists of Ulama Anjuman-e Al-Bayinat in the capital's Motijheel on Saturday night.

Several hundred students under the banner of Sangskriti Rakkha Andolan brought out protest processions, held rallies, and organised street painting on the DU campus demanding exemplary punishment of the people responsible for the incident.

They also put blockade at around 12:00noon on the roads near the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) intersection for about two hours to press home their demand.

The protesters also demanded a ban on all communal outfits including Al-Bayinat, Al-Yhsan and Hizbut-Tahrir.

The DU Students brought out a procession on the campus at about 11:00am carrying placards inscribed with the words -- save culture, be united against fundamentalists, save art, save Balaka, save Lalon and save Bangla.

They said the attack on Balaka was not an isolated incident. The attacks on Lalon sculpture in front of Zia International Airport and Balaka are closely intertwined.

The DU students said they would continue staging demonstrations on the campus today. They will bring out processions and hold rallies in the morning and also organise a cultural function in the evening at the foot of Raju Bhaskarja on the campus.