Holidays for three days were announced after violence during student protests forced the government to call a curfewOffices open from 11am to 3pm on Wednesday, Thursday after violent quota protestsThe government has decided to keep offices open on Wednesday and Thursday after a three-day holiday over violent student protests across Bangladesh for reforms to quotas in public service. The offices will remain open from 11am to 3pm on these two days this week, public administration ministry’s spokesperson Shibli Sadiq said on Tuesday. The violence forced the government to call a curfew, but home ministry spokesperson Sharif Mahmud said the restrictions would be relaxed from 10am to 5pm in Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Narsingdi on Wednesday and Thursday. The deputy commissioners and the law-enforcing agencies will decide on relaxing the curfew in other districts.

Source: bd News24 July 23, 2024 17:03 UTC