Although some ministries and departments were kept open in the emergency services, the whole of Bangladesh was practically locked down in the Corona situation. This situation is coming to an end.
All government and private offices are opening on Sunday (May 31). The shops will also open on the same day. However, the wheel of the bus will turn after one day. And educational institutions are not opening now.
The government has issued a notification on May 28 restricting the movement from May 31 to June 15 after a seven-day general holiday due to the corona virus.
The cabinet department said that even though public transport and factories were opened to a limited extent at that time, educational institutions would be kept closed.
It said that in order to curb the spread of the corona virus Covid-19 and to improve the situation, the government has decided to impose / conditional restrictions on the overall functioning of the country and the movement of the public after May 30.
The instructions of the Cabinet Division are to be followed:
1. The ban will be effective from May 31 to June 15. The ban will include weekly holidays on June 5, 6, 12 and 13.
2. During the ban, the movement of people from one district to another will be strictly regulated. There will be checkposts at the entrances and exits of each district. The district administration will implement this control carefully with the help of law and order forces. People must stay indoors to prevent coronavirus infections. No one can come out of the house in any way from 8 pm to 8 am except in case of urgent need (purchase and sale of essentials, travel to work, purchase of medicines, medical services, burial / burial etc.). However, in all cases, other health rules, including wearing a mask when going out. Otherwise, legal action will have to be taken against those who disobey the instructions.
3. The public and all authorities must strictly abide by the guidelines issued by the Department of Health during the ban.
4. Other hygiene rules including maintaining mutual distance during buying and selling in hat bazaars and shops should be strictly followed. Sanitation should be provided at the entrance of the shopping mall along with hand washing system. Vehicles coming to the shopping mall must be disinfected. Hats, bazaars, shops and shopping malls must be closed by 4 pm.
5. Law and order, state security and intelligence agencies and emergency services, such as relief distribution, healthcare, electricity, water, gas and other fuels, fire services, port activities (land ports, river ports and seaports), telephone and internet, postal services. Offices concerned with other emergency and essential goods and services, their employees and vehicles will be excluded from the scope of this prohibition.
. Vehicles (trucks, lorries, cargo vessels, etc.) engaged in transporting all types of goods on roads and waterways will continue to move.
. The ban will not apply to agricultural products, fertilizers, seeds, pesticides, food, industrial products, state-owned goods, raw materials, food, drug stores, hospitals and emergency services, and workers.
. Physicians, nurses and staff engaged in medical services and vehicles and staff carrying medical equipment including medicines, media (electronic and print media) and staff engaged in cable TV networks will be exempt from this prohibition.
9. In the fields related to pharmaceutical industry, agriculture and production and supply system, all the factory authorities including production and export oriented industries will be able to ensure the safety and health care of the workers. Ensure compliance of guidelines in ensuring hygiene in various industrial factories framed by the Health Services Department.
10. No educational institution can be kept open during the ban. However, online courses / distance learning will continue.
11. Bangladesh Bank will provide necessary instructions to fully launch the banking system.
12. All government / semi-government / autonomous and private offices will be open to a limited extent under their own management. At-risk individuals, sick employees and women who are likely to have children should refrain from attending the workplace. In this case, the 13-point instructions issued by the health service department should be strictly followed to ensure the health rules of the officers and employees. All meetings except in urgent and vital areas must be held in virtual presence.
13. No one will be allowed to leave the workplace during the ban. At that time, public transport, passenger boats and railways will be able to operate by ensuring hygienic rules with a limited number of passengers conditionally. However, in all cases, wearing the mask must ensure strict compliance with the instructions issued by the Department of Health. The concerned ministry / department will issue necessary instructions in this regard.
14. The aviation authority will consider the issue of aviation in its own management.
15. During the ban, all kinds of meetings, rallies, gatherings and events will be closed. Following the hygiene rules, prayers will be offered in public congregations in mosques and prayer ceremonies in other religious places of worship.
After receiving the first corona patient in the country on March 8, a general holiday was declared from March 26. Public transport, shops and factories were closed from that day. The educational institution was closed on March 16.
State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain told banglanews that the next step will be taken after understanding the situation in Corona for 16 days. The government considers the overall aspect of the holiday or not
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