By Xinhua
Dhaka : The Bangladeshi government further eased the curfew hours, as it will remain in force for five hours from Monday night.
An official announcement said here Sunday there will be no curfew from 5 am to 12 pm on Monday.
The indefinite curfew was imposed in Dhaka and five major cities from Wednesday to contain violent student movement to protest the army assault on student of Dhaka University on August 20.
As the student protests escalated resulting in one death and hundreds injured, the government shut down all universities and colleges in the country’s six divisional cities, including capital Dhaka.
However, the indefinite curfew will be in place from 11 pm Sunday after relaxing for 18 hours.
Officials hinted that the authorities are gradually shrinking the curfew hours to restore normal life and smooth supply of goods to markets.
In a nationwide address made on Wednesday Chief Advisor of caretaker government Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed termed the imposition of curfew as a temporary step to ensure public life and property. He had assured that the curfew will be lifted soon if the situation improved.
Police sources said no major untoward incident happened since the curfew was clamped.