New time schedule for city offices, banks, educational institutions
Dhaka, Oct 12 (UNB) - As a way of leapfrogging traffic impasse in the overcrowded capital, the government Monday announced staggered new timings for the government and semi-government offices, statutory bodies, private offices, banks and other financial outfits, and educational institutions.
The cabinet in its meeting today (Monday) at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair approved the time schedules and also discussed other remedial measures for mitigating the nagging traffic jams.
According to the time slots, government, semi-government, autonomous, and statutory body offices will work from 9am to 5pm, banks, insurance, other financial institutions and private offices from 10 am to 6pm, and kindergarten and primary schools from 9:30 am to 4:15 pm.
Besides, high schools and colleges, madrashas, English-medium and international schools will have to start between 7am and 8:30 am and close between 1pm and 2:30pm.
Briefing the media in the PID conference room after the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said the council of ministers took “such a decision to ease the capital city’s huge traffic congestion”.
“The Prime Minister herself fell victim of terrific jam in the city on several occasions in the last couple of months,” Azad told reporters.
The government will shortly issue a gazette notification as to when the new time schedule will take effect, the Press Secretary said.
Under another step, the Prime Minister ordered the authorities concerned to recruit more cops under the traffic department to discipline the city communications disarray.
Besides, she told all concerned to think out whether the secretariat and other important government offices could be shifted to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar from the overcrowded city heartland.
“The Prime Minister in the meeting requested all city-dwellers, including transport drivers, to abide by every traffic rule,” Azad said.
In a further directive regarding the problematic communications sector, she ordered the authorities concerned to install all traffic signals on the highways and streets properly to reduce road accidents.
The cabinet in its meeting today (Monday) at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair approved the time schedules and also discussed other remedial measures for mitigating the nagging traffic jams.
According to the time slots, government, semi-government, autonomous, and statutory body offices will work from 9am to 5pm, banks, insurance, other financial institutions and private offices from 10 am to 6pm, and kindergarten and primary schools from 9:30 am to 4:15 pm.
Besides, high schools and colleges, madrashas, English-medium and international schools will have to start between 7am and 8:30 am and close between 1pm and 2:30pm.
Briefing the media in the PID conference room after the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said the council of ministers took “such a decision to ease the capital city’s huge traffic congestion”.
“The Prime Minister herself fell victim of terrific jam in the city on several occasions in the last couple of months,” Azad told reporters.
The government will shortly issue a gazette notification as to when the new time schedule will take effect, the Press Secretary said.
Under another step, the Prime Minister ordered the authorities concerned to recruit more cops under the traffic department to discipline the city communications disarray.
Besides, she told all concerned to think out whether the secretariat and other important government offices could be shifted to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar from the overcrowded city heartland.
“The Prime Minister in the meeting requested all city-dwellers, including transport drivers, to abide by every traffic rule,” Azad said.
In a further directive regarding the problematic communications sector, she ordered the authorities concerned to install all traffic signals on the highways and streets properly to reduce road accidents.
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