Ctg city, RU observe silence for 3 minutes

From workplace to home, tens of thousands of people from all walks of life rose to their feet at 4:00pm and fell silent for the next three minutes in Chittagong city and Rajshahi University yesterday. They were demanding, in silence, execution of all convicted war criminals, including jailed Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah.
On Chittagong Press Club premises where anti-war criminal activists have been staging protests for the last seven days, the crowd grew larger and larger two or three hours before 4:00pm, reports our correspondents from Chittagong.
Students from Chittagong University, Chittagong Medical College, and other educational institutions of the port city joined the silence in masses. As soon as the clock struck 4:03pm, protesters broke into loud shouts of slogans again.
The silence was also observed in front of Chittagong Custom House. Around 1,000 people and professionals joined it. People also observed the programme at Prabartak intersection and in Mehedibagh area separately.
On Rajshahi University campus where the anti-war criminal sit-in entered its sixth day yesterday, the three-minute silence programme was held at Tukitaki Chattar, reports our RU correspondent.