The 11-party alliance began a sit-in programme at Muktangan in the capital on Wednesday, protesting rising prices of essential commodities, fuel and gas shortages, electricity bill irregularities and what it described as a deteriorating law-and-order situation.The programme started at 11:00am with the recitation of the Holy Quran. Leaders of the alliance said the demonstration was organised to raise public concerns over the ongoing crises affecting daily life.Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and opposition leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman is scheduled to address the programme as the chief guest, along with other senior leaders of the alliance.The organisers said that after the speeches, a delegation of the alliance leaders would visit the Secretariat to discuss their demands with the relevant ministries.