The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA)’s roadshow that was supposed to take place in Brazil on July 26 has postponed due to the ongoing anti-quota movement situation across the country for the past few days, says BSEC sources.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina postponed the official visits to Spain and Brazil that was scheduled from July 21-26. The visit aims to further strengthen ties with these two countries to engage in broader areas of cooperation.
Prime Minister Hasina's official visit to Spain was scheduled from July 21-23 and after that, she would have visit Brazil on July 24-26.
Stock market regulator BSEC and BIDA’s business summit titled "The Rise of the Bengal Tiger: Potentials of Trade and Investment in Bangladesh", in the Brazil was scheduled to attract more foreign direct investments (FDI).
Previously, BSEC organised similar roadshows in China, Japan, Europe, Dubai, the United States, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
More than 135 people were killed and over thousands suffered injuries in Dhaka and other districts when the quota reform movement spread outside the university campuses then the country.
Hundreds of vehicles and major government establishments were either ravaged or set on fire by wrongdoers, prompting the government to deploy Bangladesh Army to assist the civil administration last Friday midnight and to impose countrywide curfew from the first hour of Saturday.
Army personnel across the country joined the police, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the Ansar and the VDP from early Saturday.
Following their positioning, army personnel started patrolling key areas of Dhaka, Chattogram and other major cities and district towns and created check points to ensure security.
This coordinated efforts gradually brought the situation under control.
