A decision was made by chiefs of the three services to take a strong action against the ongoing nationwide destructive activities.
The armed forces and other law enforcement agencies will take the stern action to protect stability of the country by stopping the ongoing destructive activities and anarchy including setting fire, said an Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR) press release today.
Besides, the newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam, Director General (DG) of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) AKM Shahidur Rahman and Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Mainul Hasan met Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman in presence of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hasan and Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan.
State department of United States said on Wednesday (USA local time) that the interim government will play a vital role in establishing long-term peace and political stability in Bangladesh.
State department spokesperson Matthew Miller told this information in the regular weekly press briefing.
One journalist questions him to know about the presence of Sheikh Hasina, in reply of this question he said It is not a question for us to speak to. It is a question for her to speak to.
The journalist give question him like that, has the U.S. seen Sheikh Hasina reported resignation – like – and does it assess this resignation to be credible and rendered in a willing and legitimate fashion?
Matthew Miller told So I spoke to this the other day. We have seen the announcement by the military. We do not have any further information other than the announcement that they made.
In another question he said that I do not have any contacts to read out today. We continue to monitor developments in Bangladesh, and we obviously have seen the appointment of Muhammad Yunus as the leader of an interim government. We think the interim government will play a vital role in establishing long-term peace and political stability in Bangladesh. And as you heard the Secretary say yesterday, any decisions that interim government makes should respect democratic principles, rule of law, and the will of the Bangladeshi people.
He also cleared about visa policy, answered that I do not have any comments by statements made by a private citizen. I have already spoken to the interim government in Bangladesh and what steps we want to see it carry out as it moves forward.
The country interim government is expected to be sworn in on Thursday evening with Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Mohammad Yunus as its head, Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman told a media briefing at Dhaka Cantonment in the capital.
“The swearing-in ceremony is expected to be held tomorrow night at Bangabhaban,” he said adding Prof Yunus was set to return home on Thursday afternoon when “I will receive him” and the ceremony would be held at around 8 PM (BST) at Bangabhaban.
Zaman said the interim cabinet or council of advisers would be formed with around 15 members with Yunus being the Chief Adviser, a position equivalent to prime minister, but preferred not to elaborate on the issue as “it has not been formalised yet”.
Six inmates of Kashimpur central jail in Gazipur were shot dead by security personnel while 209 others managed to flee on Tuesday.
Senior Jail Superintendent of Kashimpur High Security Central Jail Subrata Kumar Bala confirmed the matter on Wednesday.
The names and identities of the deceased will be revealed later, said the jail official.
Bala stated that on Tuesday (August 6), the inmates inside Kashimpur High Security Central Jail rebelled. During the rebellion, the inmates tried to break the prison.
When the prison guards tried to stop them, the inmates attacked the guards and tried to escape by breaking the walls, climbing over the walls, and some even tried to escape by attaching pipes to the walls, he said.