Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday opened the gate of its central office at Boro Moghbazar in the capital, which has remained closed for the last 13 years.
Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Shafiqur Rahman along with their party leaders entered the central office. The party central committee sat at a meeting there and then its chief addressed a press conference there.
"We left here (central office) on September 19, 2011. We have entered (the office) now," said Shafiqur Rahman.
Hefazat-e-Islami leaders, including Hefazat-e-Islam Mamunul Haq visited the office on Tuesday.
Pointing at them, the Jamaat Ameer said they came to visit the office and saw the documents of vandalism.
Students were seen managing traffic in parts of Dhaka in absence of traffic police on Tuesday.
As traffic police was found on duty on the roads in the capital today and the students took the charge to maintain discipline on roads in some areas including Malibagh, Shantinagar and Paltan, Mirpur-10 intersection, Agargaon, Bijoy Sarani intersection and Bangla Motor.
They were seen asking motorcyclists to wear helmet and suggesting people to b aide by traffic rules.
Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus said on Tuesday he was ready to head an interim government in Bangladesh after mass demonstrations forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee the country.
"I am honoured by the trust of the protesters who wish for me to lead the interim government," he said in a written statement to AFP.
"If action is needed in Bangladesh, for my country and for the courage of my people, then I will take it," he said, also calling for "free elections."
Amid growing queries on visa status of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and others, the United States has said the visa records are confidential under US law.
“Visa records are confidential under U.S. law; therefore, we do not discuss the details of individual visa cases,” a spokesperson at the US Embassy in Dhaka told reporters on Tuesday following multiple queries.
Many journalists reached out to the US officials reportedly to confirm the United States has revoked Sheikh Hasina, her sister, the former government ministers, advisors and officials U.S. visas.
On August 5, demonstrators converged in Dhaka defying the curfew and forcing Hasina to step down and leave the country. She is currently in India.