Dhaka, May 17 -- Supporters of Ishraque Hossain have demonstrated in the Nagar Bhaban and Press Club areas, demanding that the BNP leader be handed over the responsibilities of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor.

Although the demonstrators had announced a plan to march from Nagar Bhaban to the Secretariat on Saturday, police obstruction prevented them from reaching the government's administrative headquarters. They later gathered at the Press Club and continued their demonstration.

Earlier, hundreds of people gathered outside Nagar Bhaban for the third consecutive day to push for Ishraque's installation as mayor of Dhaka South. From early morning, people from different parts of Dhaka started arriving at Nagar Bhaban in proces...