Dhaka: Quota protesters on Monday blocked the Shahbag intersection, one of the city's busiest areas, demanding immediate issuance of gazette abolishing quota system in government jobs.

Witnesses said the protestors were staging demonstrations at Shahbag since morning and halted traffic around 1:30pm, creating huge traffic congestion at Shahbag and its adjoining areas.

Several thousand job seekers, students of different college and universities, brought out a procession from Shahbag intersection around 11am as part of their scheduled programme.

Meanwhile, an indefinite class and examination boycott programme at colleges and universities across the country is underway as the government failed to publish a gazette abolishing the quota system in government jobs by the timeframe given by quota protestors.