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Keep up the good work: IGP to his force
Appreciating their sacrifices and humanitarian activities aimed at ensuring the welfare of people under the current coronavirus situation, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Benazir Ahmed has directed the police personnel to continue their efforts.
Extend support to keep supply chain moving: Ministry
Commerce Ministry has urged different ministries and departments to take necessary measures to keep on the production, import and transportation of essential commodities, including rice, lentil, oil, onion, sugar, garlic and ginger, water, baby food, other foodstuffs, masks, hand sanitiser and all medical and electronic goods.
LGRD ministry allocates Tk 52.25 crore to tackle coronavirus crisis
The Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Ministry has allocated additional Tk 52.25 crore for the local government institutions to tackle the crisis created over coronavirus outbreak.
A general order was issued by the Local Government Division in this regard on Sunday.
The allocation was made to take preventive measures, conduct relief activities and payment of arrears of municipality officials.
Earlier on March 25, the ministry allocated Tk 33.2 crore for 12 city corporations, 328 municipalities and 492 upazila parishads.
DGDA refused to accept our test kits: Dr Zafrullah
The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) did not receive the coronavirus testing kits invented by Gonoshasthaya Kendra on Sunday, said its founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury.
Court’s closure extended until May 5
In line with the extended general holidays, all courts across the country will remain closed until May 5 to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain took the decision from a full-court meeting held through videoconferencing on Sunday.
Jashore to go under lockdown from Monday
Local administration has decided to put the whole district under lockdown for an indefinite period from Monday morning, to prevent transmission of coronavirus.
Deputy Commissioner Mohamamd Shafiul Arif, said the decision was taken on Sunday at a meeting held at the Circuit House.
The local administration took the decision amid concern over the growing number of coronavirus cases in the district.
No one will be allowed to enter or exit the district and all kinds of shops except pharmacies and kitchen markets will remain shut. However, emergency services will remain out of the purview of the restriction.
Legal action will be taken against those who will violate the restriction s, he added.
50pc of haor paddy already harvested: Minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Sunday said farmers have already harvested 50 percent paddy from fields in the haor areas.
Coronavirus: importers for waiving fines of ports and shipping agencies
The importers urged the government to waive fines as they couldn’t unload their goods from the port within the stipulated time in light of the existing general holiday and absence of normal customs clearance.
34 at ‘Swamibag Ashrom’ in Dhaka test coronavirus positive
A temple of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) at Swamibag in the city was put under lockdown after 34 of its followers tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday.
“Samples from 34 followers and priests were collected on Friday and all of them found positive for the virus on Saturday,” Sheikh Aminul Islam, inspector (investigation), Gendaria Police Station, told UNB on Sunday.
‘Swamibag Ashrom’, locally known as Iskcon Temple, went under lock down on Saturday morning, he added.
Inspector Aminul also said police are collecting information of the infected members of the organisation and they will be tested again soon.
All of the infected are being treated inside the temple and they will be transferred to hospital, if necessary, in consultation with the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), he added.
Quoting Iskcon priests, inspector Aminul, said they restricted the movement of general people inside the temple as soon as the government declared general holidays.
Someone of the Iskcon members might have got infected with the virus before that, he said.
Earlier, the government restricted mass gatherings at all religious institutions, while Islamic Foundation gave various instructions to all mosques of the country to contain the spread of the virus from there.
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 145 deaths and 5,416 coronavirus cases.
Meanwhile, the government extended the general holidays until May 5 while the education institutions were also announced to be closed until then.
DC office staffer among 3 diagnosed with coronavirus in Narail
Three people including a member of staff of the deputy commissioner’s office were diagnosed with coronavirus in the district in the last 24 hours.