Chattogram district administration will monitor various wholesale and retail markets of daily commodities in the city during the month of Ramadan. Five teams led by the executive magistrate of the district administration will monitor the market, said Chattogram Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Mominur Rahman on Sunday morning. Read: Fruits become costlier despite enough supply during Ramadan Three teams will be on the field from 10 am to 1 pm and two teams from 2 pm to 5 pm daily during this holy month, he added. Several markets including wholesale markets of Pahartali, Chaktai and Khatunganj will be under supervision. Besides, executive magistrates are also working at the upazila level to keep the prices of the commodities at a tolerable range in the market. Read: Govt to sell milk, egg, meat at subsidised rates in city during Ramadan: Ministry The DC said the monitoring team had been working in the field since April 1 ahead of Ramadan. Apart from checking the price level of the commodities, the teams will check the quality of the goods and see if there is a price list in the store, he said.

District administrations have been given the authority to enforce lockdown in their areas if the Covid-19 situation deteriorates there, the cabinet secretary said on Monday. The government has already given such an instruction to local administrations, said Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam at a press briefing after a virtual Cabinet meeting held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. “Deputy commissioners, civil surgeons, chairmen and mayors have already been told that if they think the situation would be harmful (deteriorate) in any place, they can close down that area,” said Anwarul Islam. Read: Lockdown in Chapainawabganj extended for another week The ongoing lockdown in Chapainawabganj was enforced as per the suggestion from the field administration, he said. “We’ve told other district administrations that if they think it necessary, they can enforce a lockdown there. They also have authority to enforce lockdown only in bordering areas, not keeping the entire district under it (the restriction),” he said. Anwarul Islam made the remarks in reply to a question over the suggestion of the Directorate General of Health Services to bring seven bordering districts under the lockdown. Read:Variation between PCR and antigen test positivity rates hides true situation of Covid-19 in Chapainawabganj The prime minister joined the meeting from her official residence Ganobhaban, while other Cabinet members from the Bangladesh Secretariat.

The district administration here on Sunday put the district under lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.   Deputy commissioner Abdul Ahad made the announcement in the afternoon.   All the emergency services will remain out of the purview of the restriction, he said.     Bangladesh on Sunday recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in a day as 139 more people tested positive for the virus,   raising the total number to 621.    Besides, four more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 34.