Dhaka, May 4 -- Depositors and customers of five merged banks have staged protests for the second consecutive day in Chattogram, locking bank branches and demanding repayment of their deposits along with full profit payments.

The protesters held a rally on Monday morning at Badamtali intersection in the port city's Agrabad area under the banner of the "Sammilito Islami Bank Amanatkari Association" (Combined Islami Bank Depositors Association).

They then locked an Exim Bank branch.

Later, they marched to Union Bank, where they reportedly asked officials to leave the premises before locking that branch as well. They then went to First Security Islami Bank and locked its branch too.

The five merged banks are First Security Islami Bank, G...