Dhaka, March 30 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said Bangladesh will no longer tolerate any form of "mob culture", vowing action against attempts to realise demands through street violence.

Speaking during the question-answer session in parliament on Sunday, he said the trend of blocking roads and highways seen during the interim government will not be allowed to continue.

"Democratic avenues to present demands will remain open, but the tendency to realise demands through mobs will be stopped," he said.

The remarks came in response to a supplementary question from Rumeen Farhana, an independent MP representing Brahmanbaria-2.

Before posing her question, Rumeen drew the speaker's attention to restrictions on supplementary queries...