<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Awami League is holding a march and sit-in programme on the streets to protest the 72-hour blockade called by BNP, Jamaat and associate parties.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Leaders and activists of Dhaka Metropolitan North unit of Awami League held a demonstration at Mirpur-1 in the capital on Tuesday at 8 am while leaders and activists of Dhaka Metropolitan South unit of the party have taken a position on the road in front of the party's central office.</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from this, Jubo League is holding anti-blockade protest meetings and marches the city.</div><div><br></div><div>Awami League leaders and activists were seen shouting the slogan “Sheikh Hasina’s government is needed again and again” while protesting the opposition’s blockade.</div><div><br></div><div>Kamrul Hasan Ripon, president of Swechasebak League Dhaka Metropolitan South unit, organized a rally with leaders and activists in various areas of Dhaka-5 constituency to resist BNP-Jamaat’s blockade and “violence, destruction.”</div><div><br></div><div>Ripon told UNB that he gathered with thousands of leaders and activists to prevent subversive activities of BNP-Jamaat and protect the lives and properties of the people.</div><div><br></div><div>“We held peaceful marches and rallies in different areas of Dhaka-5. Any anarchy in the name of movement will be met with strong response,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Demra Thana Awami League brought out a protest march at Demra intersection. Moshiur Rahman Molla Sajal, son of the late MP Habibur Rahman Molla of Dhaka-5 and former general secretary of Demra Thana Awami League, was leading it.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, Jatrabari Thana Awami League has also taken a stand to protest the blockade of BNP and Jamaat. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>