Bangladesh's Army chief says soldiers to return to barracks after police resume operations
interim government head Muhammad Yunus after police officers agreed to call off their strike and return to work. Bangladesh descended into chaos last week after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India in a military aircraft while the Army stepped in to fill the power vacuum.
As the news of Hasina's departure spread, hundreds of people broke into her residence, vandalising and looting the interiors, providing dramatic expression to the anti-government protests that have killed more than 500 people in a fortnight.
On Monday, General Zaman said that soldiers will return to barracks once police resume normal operations. He made the comments while responding to questions from journalists at an event here.
He said there is improvement in the law and order situation in the country. «If the situation continues to improve, all regular forces will carry out their counter-terrorism operations,» he was quoted as saying by the United News of Bangladesh news agency.
Underlining that 30 crimes against minority communities have been committed in 20 districts of the country, he called upon the political parties to shun all violence and do politics for the people.
According to sources from the chief adviser's office, Yunus expressed his satisfaction with the significant improvement in the country's law and order situation. He praised the military for its active involvement in stabilising the situation.
Gen Zaman also held a meeting with senior government officials including the Khulna Divisional Administration,
