Dhaka: Several teachers from Bangladesh's non-government institutions listed under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme blocked the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon as the protest entered its fourth consecutive day, local media reported.

The protestors pressed home various demands, including a 20 per cent house rent allowance, a medical allowance of Bangladeshi Taka 1500, and a 75 per cent festival bonus for employees.

Reports suggest that as the law enforcers tried to stop the procession in front of the National Museum at Shahbagh, the demonstrators, chanting slogans and carrying banners, broke through the barricade and took over the intersection, paralysing traffic in the area.

The teachers and employees, protesting under the banner of the MPO Education Nationalisa

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