General holidays in Bangladesh extended further till May 16

The government of Bangladesh has extended the ongoing general holidays till May 16 in a bid to prevent the transmission of the deadly virus.

The Public Administration Ministry of Bangladesh issued a legal gazette notification regarding to this issue on Monday, saying various emergency services will remain out of the purview of the shutdown.

On March 23, the government declared general holidays from March 26 to April 4, aiming to protect people from being infected by the fast-spreading virus as elsewhere in the world. Later, the holidays were extended six times until May 16th.

Prior, the government shut all the instructive organizations separated from closing down the rail, street, stream, and air interchanges to forestall the spread of the profoundly infectious infection.

In the midst of high danger of coronavirus transmission, some piece of clothing manufacturing plants revived on April 26 and article of clothing proprietors guarantee they are working article of clothing production lines with the laborers accessible in Dhaka on a restricted scale keeping up cleanliness issues.