Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina Tuesday called upon the leaders and workers of her party and its associate bodies, affluent section of society and well-wishers to extend hands of cooperation to the country's lower-income, poor and working-class people, reports BSS.
In a statement, she said the life and livelihood of the common people of the entire country has been paralyzed due to enforcing of the "complete shutdown" programme and recent incidents centering the quota movement.
Besides, BNP-Jamaat-Shibir in an organised way set on fire and vandalized metro-rail, expressway, BTV Bhaban, Setu Bhaban, disaster management building, different government and private buildings and houses, she added.
They destructed numerous government-owned and private vehicles including buses and trucks by setting fire on these, the premier continued.
Sheikh Hasina said that under the circumstances, on July 20 the government imposed a curfew temporarily for ensuring security of the lives and properties of the people and returning the life and living to normalcy.
As a result, normal income-generating activities of lower income and working people, particularly daily wage earners like rickshaw and van pullers, hawkers, vendors, day laborer and transport workers, have been hampered, resulting in putting them in untold sufferings, she added.
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