A special mobile court in Sylhet has sentenced two UK returnees to a week in jail for violating quarantine rules. The court has also imposed a fine of Tk 10,000 on each of the violators -- Abdun Nur, a 42-year-old resident of Goyashpur in Sunamganj's Chhatak, and Alam Hasan Rauf, 36, of Chanpur in Biswanath upazila. Police said Wednesday the duo returned to Bangladesh from the UK on March 22, along with 140 other passengers. As per the government's Covid rules, they checked into Gates Hotel Star Pacific Hotel in the city for a seven-day mandatory quarantine for foreign returnees. Also read: UK returnees to Bangladesh must stay in quarantine: Minister During the quarantine period, the samples of both the UK returnees were collected but they managed to flee from the hotel before getting their Covid-19 report. Being informed, a mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Mohammad Mezbah Uddin tried them and sentenced them to seven days in jail for violating the quarantine rules. Also read: 9 UK-returnees escape from quarantine in Sylhet, return after 12 hours On March 22, nine UK returnees of a family disappeared from a Sylhet hotel, which has been converted into an institutional quarantine centre. However, the nine people returned within 12 hours, the management of Britannia Hotel told UNB. Also read: New Covid-19 strain found in 10 EU returnees: Maleque Five adults in the group were fined Tk 18,000 each by a magistrate for violating the quarantine rules.  

Aiming to showcase the enthralling art initiatives by talented young Bangladeshi artists created during the quarantine period in COVID-19, a special exhibition titled Brihatta Home Art Project 2020 was inaugurated at Bengal Shilpalay, Dhanmondi, in the capital on Saturday. Brihatta Art Foundation, which launched the ‘Home Art Project 2020’ last year to support artists continuing their artistic practice in the comfort of their own residences during the ongoing global pandemic, initiated this special three-month-long exhibition showcasing the art projects of 14 artists.

Instead of a 14-day quarantine, as is mandatory in most countries accepting visitors during the pandemic, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is hopeful of a seven-day quarantine period upon the arrival of the team in the island nation to play a three-match Test series in October.