Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Teachers and employees under the MPO scheme have continued their sit-in programme for a fourth consecutive day at the Central Shaheed Minar, demanding 20 percent of their basic salary as housing allowance.

The interim government was given until 12pm on Wednesday to respond to the demand, but it has yet to take any action.

However, protesters had not begun the previously announced "Shahbagh Blockade" programme as of the filing of this report.

Md Habibullah Raju, joint convener of the protest movement and president of the Bangladesh Teachers Forum (BTF), told bdnews24.com at 12:15pm: "We are giving it a little more time. The leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami wanted to talk to us. We went to their central office and spoke to so...