<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Amid drivers’ protest against ban on battery-run three-wheelers, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said these vehicles will be allowed to ply Dhaka roads only.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Considering the suffering of the low-income people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has permitted the movement of battery-run three-wheelers only on the Dhaka city roads, Quader said at a programme at Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, the battery-run rickshaws will not ply the 22 highways as per the earlier decision, he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier on May 15, the minister instructed the authorities concerned to take steps to stop the movement of battery-run three-wheelers on the roads in Dhaka city.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The ban on the three-wheelers sparked violent protests by drivers in different areas of the capital including Mirpur, Pallabi, Rampura and Demra on Sunday and Monday.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Demanding the withdrawal of the ban, the drivers staged demonstrations blocking roads in different areas, vandalised some vehicles and set fire to a police box at Kalshi in Mirpur. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>