<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Drivers of battery-run three wheelers have been staging demonstration blocking roads in Dhaka’s Mirpur, Pallabi and some other areas since Sunday morning, demanding withdrawal of ban on the movement of the vehicle in the capital.</span><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Vehicular movement remained suspended&nbsp; as of filing this report at 1:40pm, on Mirpur-10 to 11, 2, 13 and Shewrapara roads, causing immense suffering to commuters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Abu Saleh Md Raihan, joint commissioner (traffic-north) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said three-wheeler drivers started demonstration around 9am obstructing&nbsp; plying of other vehicles, resulting in suffering of common people.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sub-Inspector Mostaq Ahmed, duty officer of Pallabi police station, said though police teams were sent to the Mirpur area remove them from the roads, the protesters are yet to leave the roads.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Witnesses said several hundred three-wheeler drivers gathered in the Mirpur-10 intersection to press home their demand in the morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Police requested them to leave the busy road but they didn’t listen to them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Currently, the three-wheeler drivers have been staging demonstration&nbsp; in Mirpur, Pallabi, Agargaon, Taltola, Kalshi and Mirpur-13 areas, reports UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the other hand, on Wednesday, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader 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; ">bnbd/fas</div>