Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday afternoon to see the injured people who came under attacks during the recent countrywide mayhem unleashed by the BNP-Jamaat during students quota reform movement.
She went to the emergency unit of DMCH around 04:30pm and inquired about the condition of the injured, now undergoing treatment there after being attacked during the havoc and atrocities by BNP-Jamaat.
The premier gave necessary instructions to the hospital authorities for proper treatment of the victims.
Earlier, the Prime Minister visited the vandalised metro rail station at Mirpur 10 in the capital on Thursday morning and the ransacked Bangladesh Television (BTV) Bhaban this morning to see the extent of damage as these establishments came under attack during the violence.
The Trump campaign said Thursday it would not agree to a general election debate with Vice President Kamala Harris “until Democrats formally decide on their nominee” after Harris said she was ready to debate the former president.
“Given the continued political chaos surrounding Crooked Joe Biden and the Democrat Party, general election debate details cannot be finalized until Democrats formally decide on their nominee,” Trump communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement.
Cheung claimed there “is a strong sense by many in the Democrat Party … that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone better,” citing former President Barack Obama lack of endorsement to date, though Obama backed Harris publicly Friday morning.
Travel agencies across the country have incurred a loss of Tk 6 billion in six days amid the curfew, holidays, and internet service interruption around the quota protests.
According to the members of the Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh or ATAB, travel agencies make sales of at least Tk 1 billion every day.
However, since Jul 18, travel agencies in Bangladesh have incurred huge losses after air ticket sales, hotel bookings and flight date change services were closed indefinitely.
They were also unable to collect their money from various corporations in addition to their regular customers. Since the shutdown led to the closure of banks and other financial services, the travel agents could not make any financial transactions during the nationwide shutdown programmes.
The agencies also failed to pay their dues to foreign airlines on time per the rules of the International Air Transport Association or IATA.
Zahra Mayeesha, a 26-year-old private job holder, was preparing to return to Dhaka from a two-day vacation to Sreemangal with her husband on July 16.
However, due to the violence stemming from the quota reform protests, the couple decided to delay their journey back to Dhaka, hoping to leave after another day or two.
Those plans also fell through after the government imposed a nationwide curfew on July 20.
They had budgeted around Tk 18,000 for the two-day stay. As they were unable to return, their costs for hotel fare and food skyrocketed, a media report.
“Neither tour operators nor tourists were prepared for the recent situation, which occurred suddenly,” said Taufiq Uddin Ahmed, former president of the Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh.
He added that the unprecedented business shock had served as a bitter experience for tour operators, tourists, and tourism-centric businesses, but hoped the impact would not be felt for long.