Traders occupied the road in front of Gate-1 on the south side of the New Market on Monday. I believe the city corporation will reconsider its decision.”“I will speak to the Dhaka South City Corporation mayor regarding the matter tomorrow.”The traders vacated the area around 5pm, allowing traffic to resume. The protests were led by the New Market Traders Association. “Some corrupt officials at the DSCC wanted to build a second storey at New Market,” association member Mohammad Awlad Hossain told bdnews24.com. “Police requested them to leave the streets, but they did not listen,” New Market Police Station Inspector (Operations) Sher Alam told bdnews24.com.

Source: bd News24 January 22, 2018 11:48 UTC