Offices will operate from 9:00am-3:00pm in Dhaka for the next three days-- Sunday, Monday and Tuesday-- as the government on Saturday announced a nine-hour curfew break.
The ongoing curfew will be relaxed in Dhaka from 8:00am to 5:00pm for the next three days, Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain said in an SMS.
Besides government offices, regular office hours will also be the same, 9:00am-3:00pm instead of 9:00am-5:00pm.
The Bangladesh Bank has said banks will operate from 10:00am-3:00pm.
The government imposed the curfew after the violence unleashed by the BNP and Jamaat following quota reform protests by the students and job seekers.
Earlier, offices and banks were asked to open from 11am.
Court will run as per their own decision, said the government's notice. 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.s
BB sets banking hours from 10am to 3pm from Sunday to Tuesday
The Bangladesh Bank on Saturday announced the duration of interbank transactions for July 28-July 30.
According to the new schedule, transactions will take place from 10 am to 3 pm starting from tomorrow (Sunday).
However, the banks will remain open until 3:30 pm to conduct post-trading activities.
