Dhaka-Sylhet highway block by agitators

Agitators block Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Basail in Narsingdi by putting logs and vandalised and torched vehicles including a bus, inset, after police charged baton on a rally of Lokman Sangram Parishad, a locals' group demanding trial of the killers of slain mayor Lokman Hossain, yesterday. The rally was called in protest of a programme of Labour and Employment Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju in Raipura upazila scheduled for Monday. Narsingdi Mayor Kamruzzaman said they protested against the minister for “providing shelter to the killers of Lokman”. Photo: Banglar Chokh