Curfew ‘ineffective’: Anti-Discrimination Student Movement leaders

Curfew ‘ineffective’: Anti-Discrimination Student Movement leaders

Dhaka, Aug 04 - Coordinators of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on Sunday declared ‘ineffective’ the indefinite curfew slapped by the government on Sunday.

“After the one point, none of their orders are valid. Therefore, the curfew announced from 6 pm has been declared ineffective”, Hasnat Abdullah, one of the coordinators of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement said in a media release.

Amid escalating violence, the government has imposed curfew for an indefinite period from 6 pm on Sunday in the capital and some other parts of the country.

Curfew was slapped in Dhaka Metropolitan area and all divisional headquarters, city corporations, municipalities, industrial areas, district and upazila headquarters.

The students platform also rescheduled their ‘Long March to Dhaka ‘ programme to Monday from Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, they announced the march programme for Tuesday and demonstration and mass sit-in on Monday to press home their one- point demand.

Nahid Islam, a coordinator of the platform, announced their next course of programme on Sunday through a media release.

They urged students, citizens and workers to come to Dhaka to make their programme a success.

The platform also urged the formation of a ‘Sangram Committees’ in all areas, villages, upazilas and districts led by students.-UNB