All offices, educational institutions to reopen from today

All government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous offices, private establishments and educational institutions will reopen from today, Tuesday (August 6), said a press release of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate issued on Monday night.

The announcement came hours after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled to India amid mass uprising led by student protesters.

The government on Sunday declared a three-day general holiday across the country from today and extended the curfew for an indefinite period from Sunday 6:00pm.

The government on July 16 announced the indefinite closure of all secondary, and higher secondary level educational institutions.

On July 16, the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh also requested all the public and private universities to keep their institutions closed and vacate students’ residential halls until further notice.