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After the mass uprising, most sectors of the country that had come to a near standstill have started to return to normalcy. Following a few days of turmoil, the situation has stabilised since Monday. The police have ended their strike and returned to their stations, and rail service has resumed.
Additionally, long-distance road transport, which had been limited, increased in number on Monday. Banks, insurance, offices, and courts are also operating normally. As a result, the general public is happy.
Following the fall of the Hasina government on August 5 due to the mass uprising of students and citizens, various sectors of the country experienced chaos. Most sectors of the country came to a halt. The biggest problem occurred when the Bangladesh police went on strike. However, everything started to return to normal from Monday.
Banks and insurance companies were already open, traffic police resumed their duties on various roads in the capital from Monday morning after nearly a week of work stoppage. Traffic police have been deployed on various roads in the capital since Monday morning. Traffic police were seen performing their duties in Dhanmondi, Shahbagh, Farmgate, Khamarbari, Karwan Bazar, Shantinagar, and Malibagh intersections. The return of traffic police has brought relief to city dwellers. In the past few days, students did a great job controlling traffic. Along with students, Ansar members were also seen helping to maintain order on the roads.
After the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina due to the student uprising, various police stations across the country were attacked and vandalised. Since then, police members went on strike citing security reasons. On Sunday, Home Affairs Adviser Brigadier General (Retired) M Sakhawat Hossain asked the police to return to work by Thursday.
He said those who do not return to work by Thursday will be considered unwilling to work. After that, police members started returning to stations from Sunday. According to police headquarters sources, from 3pm on Sunday, operations resumed in 628 out of 639 police stations across the country. Among these, 97 out of 110 stations in metropolitan cities and 502 out of 529 stations in districts are operational.
Rail service resumed on Monday. However, only freight trains will run on the first day. Short-distance mail, local, and commuter trains are scheduled to start operating today. Inter-city trains will run from next Thursday. Meanwhile, metro rail operations will resume on August 17, excluding two stations.
According to railway sources, on Sunday afternoon, the Chief Advisor of the interim government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, held a meeting with secretaries of various ministries. The Secretary of the Railway Ministry participated in that meeting, and decisions were made regarding the resumption of rail services.
Meanwhile, banks, insurance, and financial sector institutions had already reopened. Although banking transactions were limited on Monday, the environment was observed to be normal. Additionally, while the higher and lower courts had been closed for the past few days, activities resumed on a limited scale yesterday. It has been reported that court activities will increase in pace from today.
As the stagnation of the past few days has ended and everything is returning to normal, a sense of relief has begun to return to the public mind.
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