Bangladesh police clash with protesters calling for PM to resign

Officers use rubber bullets and teargas to disperse demonstrators blockading main roads into Dhaka

Bangladesh police have fired rubber bullets and teargas to disperse stone-throwing crowds blockading main roads in the capital, Dhaka, in a protest demanding the prime minister's resignation.

The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) and its allies have staged a series of protests since last year demanding that Sheikh Hasina step down and allow a caretaker government to oversee the elections that are scheduled for January next year.