Dhaka, May 12 -- As Dhaka's Shahbagh intersection has been blocked by protests demanding a ban on the Awami League for three consecutive days, police have requested protesters to "consider the issue of traffic jams" and not block the road with their programmes in the name of pushing for their demands.

In a statement on Monday, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said: "Recently, road blockades in the capital in the name of various demands and protest programmes, etc. are causing severe traffic jams."

The blockades are causing various "inconveniences" for school, college, and university students as well as those commuting to work, it said. The DMP also said that the travel of foreign-bound travellers and sick patients in urgent need are ...