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12 EWU students injured as police fire rubber bullets

At least 12 were injured including several shot when students of East West University clashed with police during an anti-VAT demonstration in Dhaka Wednesday.The students of the university claimed that at least 50 students have been injured during firing rubber bullets and charging baton on their peaceful demonstration.Over a hundred students of the institution took to the streets around 1:30pm this afternoon protesting the 7.5 percent VAT slapped on private universities’ tuition fees. Badda-Rampura road was blocked for about half-an-hour.