Limited public transports from 11 August
The government has decided to allow public transport on a limited scale from 11 August maintaining health guidelines.
"Public transports will be operated from district by-rotation. Like, from where daily 100 buses were operated, now there will be 30-40 buses," Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said in a briefing after an inter-ministerial meeting on lockdown.
"District administration will monitor this," he added.
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The nationwide strict lockdown has been extended for five more days till 10 August amid the rising trend of Covid-19 infections in the country.
Markets and shopping malls will be reopened from 11 August.
Bangladesh imposed a fresh 14-day lockdown from 23 July following an alarming surge in coronavirus cases across the country.
