The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Diploma students of Nursing Institute at Dhaka Medical Collage Hospital yesterday morning damaged furniture and glassworks of the institute and confined principal for five hours to protest cancellation of the seat allotment.

Witnesses said some diploma students picked up an altercation with BSc students at about 10:am over the seating arrangement.

'At one stage, the two groups started chasing each other.

Later, the diploma students went to Principal Tahatunnahar's office and demanded cancellation of the allotment.

The institute authorities recently allotted the fourth floor of the institution for the newly admitted BSc students and second and third floors to diploma students, which angered the diploma students.