2024-08-03 22:13:39
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said curfew will be relaxed for 15 hours from 6 am to 9 pm in Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi and Narayanganj districts from tomorrow Sunday until further notice.
He said this to reporters after a meeting with top officials of the law enforcement and intelligence agencies at the Secretariat on Saturday (August 3) night. The minister also said that the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) in other districts will decide on relaxation or enforcement of curfew.
When the violence and conflict spread around the quota reform movement, the government decided to deploy the army by issuing a curfew on the night of July 19.
When the government launched an operation to suppress the violence, the situation returned to normal from last July 22. Curfew relaxation time gradually increases.
The curfew has been relaxed for 13 hours from last Wednesday till today Saturday from 7 am to 8 pm every day. The four-day curfew is in effect from 8 pm to 7 am.
The anti-discrimination student movement has called for an all-out non-cooperation movement from Sunday (August 4) demanding the downfall of the government including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In this context, the Home Minister sat in a meeting around 7:30 pm.