8am-5pm curfew break in Dhaka from Sunday-Tuesday
Limited vehicles move on a street on the second-day of curfew, as violence erupted in parts of the country after protests by students against government job quotas, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ File Photo
“>
Limited vehicles move on a street on the second-day of curfew, as violence erupted in parts of the country after protests by students against government job quotas, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ File Photo
The ongoing curfew will be relaxed in Dhaka from 8am to 5pm for the next three days – Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain said today (27 July).
In a ministry SMS, he also announced that government offices would operate from 9am-3pm. Though earlier, offices and banks were asked to open from 11am.
Regular office hours will also be the same, 9am-3pm instead of 9am-5pm.
The government deployed the army and imposed the curfew on Friday (19 July) midnight until 10am Sunday with a two-hour break on Saturday.
Later, the government extended the curfew by relaxing the restrictions for several hours every day.
As the situation was brought under control, the government decided to reopen offices and increase the curfew relaxation hours.
