Curfew restrictions imposed amid violence surrounding quota reforms in government jobs have been further relaxed.
In a press conference on Tuesday (July 30) evening, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that it has been decided to relax curfew from 7 am to 8 pm in Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Narsingdi districts from Wednesday (July 31) to Saturday (August 3). As a result, normal activities will continue for 13 hours out of 24 hours.
In the rest of the districts, concerned district administrators and law enforcement forces will coordinate and decide on curfew in their respective districts, the home minister said.
It should be noted that due to the violence across the country around the quota reform movement, the government deployed the army and imposed a curfew from 12 midnight on July 19. At this time, a general holiday was announced by executive order for 3 days till Friday, Monday and Tuesday (July 23) after last weekend on Friday and Saturday. After that, the curfew is being relaxed for a specified period. But it has not been completely removed yet.