Dhaka, May 18 -- Supporters of BNP leader Ishraque Hossain are conducting a fourth consecutive day of protests outside the Nagar Bhaban to demand that he be handed over the mayoral office of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).

The protesters have taken up positions at the gates to the building and locked different gates inside, bringing nearly all work at the DSCC to a halt on Sunday.

Ishraque's supporters, according to their pre-planned programme, began to gather at the DSCC offices from different parts of Dhaka around 9am.

They have taken up positions in front of the main gate and on the road in front of it while chanting slogans in support of Ishraque and against Local Government Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain.

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