Staff Reporter :
The government has granted executive magistrate powers to commissioned officers of the Army nationwide.
A gazette notification from the public administration ministry, issued on Tuesday, confirms that this authority is effective immediately and will last for the next 60 days.
This move comes in response to widespread clashes related to quota reform protests. Following the deployment of the Army and the imposition of a nationwide curfew on July 19, the Sheikh Hasina government was overthrown by a student-led uprising on August 5. An interim government, led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, assumed power on August 8.