Only a handful of public transports and other vehicles were seen on roads in the capital city Dhaka on Sunday morning.
On the first day, when the students called for聽 all-out non-cooperation from Sunday to press home their demand for the resignation of the government few people were seen outside making the roads deserted.
Many people decided not to go to the workplaces.
No long route buses started for any destination from Dhaka.
Bangladesh Railway also decided not to run any trains on Sunday for unavoidable reasons.
Earlier Railway resumed services of trains on short distances from August 1.
All educational institutions across the country remained closed on the day as the government on Saturday backtracked from its decision to reopen primary schools from Sunday.
Protesting students at a rally attended by thousands in Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday announced a one-point demand for the resignation of the government, shifting from their earlier position of a nine-point charter of demands seeking justice for victims of the quota reform movement that left over 200 killed in July.
Nahid Islam, one of the coordinators of the Student Movement Against Discrimination, a platform of protesting students, announced the one-point demand rejecting a call for dialogue made by prime minister Sheikh Hasina earlier in the day.
Death tolls in the violence during the protests between July 16 and August 3 reached 218.
Since Sunday morning very few transports and people were seen on the main roads.
鈥業 got very few trips since morning as almost no people are on the roads,鈥� said Md Zakir Hossain, a CNG-
A couple from Banasree area 鈥� Sumon Shahriar and Dewan Jerin Sultana 鈥� both private job holders did not go to their workplaces on the day.
Sumon鈥檚 office asked him to do work from home while Jerin鈥檚 office asked her to come on her own will and she decided not to go.
Same decision was taken by Anupam Saha, a private job holder working at Uttara.
Some officials from different government offices confirmed that they went to their offices.
鈥榁ery few transports and cars were on roads in the morning,鈥� said Ariful Islam a job holder from Dhanmondi.
Dhaka Road Transport Owners Association executive president Abul Kalam said that very few number of city service buses, CNG-run auto rickshaws, cars and other vehicles were seen on roads.
No long route buses started from Dhaka since Saturday afternoon fearing vandalism, he added.
