Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Mohammad Sazzat Ali on Saturday urged political parties to avoid holding rallies on busy roads to prevent public suffering ahead of the upcoming national election.

Road blockades often cause immense suffering to the public, including pregnant women, critically ill patients, and students heading to exam centres, he said during a views-exchange meeting with central and metropolitan leaders of 32 political parties and alliances at the Bangladesh Police Auditorium in Rajarbagh police lines in the city.

The commissioner said 91 venues across Dhaka have been proposed for political rallies, of which 15 in Motijheel division, 12 in Tejgaon, 17 in Lalbagh, 14 in Wari, 8 in Gul...