, Nov. 3 -- Rickshaw Drivers Unity Council has announced a gathering in front of the Jatiya Press Club on Tuesday to press home their longstanding demands.

In a joint statement, the Council's Convenor Sheikh Hanif and Member Secretary Golap Hossain Siddiqui said the programme will begin at 11 am followed by the submission of a memorandum to the Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division and the Chairman of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).

The leaders said their demands include the immediate issuance of registration or blue books for 50,000 CNG auto-rickshaw drivers, enforcement of the BRTA-fixed daily deposit rate of Tk 900, and state compensation of Tk 10 lakh for families of drivers if die in road accidents....