The situation in Dhaka was largely calm on Tuesday morning after a day of unrest and a night of tension.
However, police are concerned following incidents of fire in police outposts in different parts of the country on Monday.
The presence of traffic police was not seen on most of the streets of the capital on Tuesday. Army personnel and students were seen at the road junctions controlling the vehicles.
Such an image could be seen at Bijoy Sarani, Jahangir Gate, Farmgate, Karwan Bazar, Bangla Motor, and Shahbagh intersection of the capital around 10:30am on Tuesday, reports Dhaka Post.
Buses and other public transport were on the streets and traders were opening shops. Government vehicles were heading to offices.
Milk trucks, vegetable vans, and mini-trucks were seen on the road, as were staff buses and microbuses for many private companies. Shuttle service is operating to the government offices.
Many battery-run rickshaws plied the roads.
However, there were no police in sight.
At 8:30am, three buses of Boishakhi and Rois Paribahan were standing at the Mohakhali Rail Gate area as usual, reports bdnews24.
Bus driver’s assistants were picking up passengers. Motorcycles were on the road despite the drizzling rain. Motorcycle drivers were waiting for passengers at Mohakhali’s Amtoli section. A long queue of vehicles was waiting at the Eureka Filling Station to pick up gas.
There was a bit of traffic congestion around the Mohakhali-bound road from the Jahangir Gate signal. Army personnel were seen managing the traffic.
Army personnel have also taken up positions in front of the Ganabhaban, the prime minister’s official residence. However, there are no police at the intersection leading to the Agargaon Link Road. The rush of vehicles from Agargaon halted traffic from Jahangir Gate. Sometime later, the traffic from Jahangir Gate began to cross and halted the traffic from Agargaon.
People were crowding in front of the Agargaon Institute of Neuroscience, the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, and Dhaka Shishu Hospital. Sales representatives of various pharmaceutical companies crowded the area.
Dhaka North City Corporation cleaners could be seen on the roads, clearing the displays and banners of Awami League leaders which were torn down by agitated people on Monday.
