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SHUTDOWN-EXTENTION
Govt extends countrywide shutdown until May 16
DHAKA, May 4, 2020 (BSS) – The government today extended the nationwide
holidays for 11 more days to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) as
the virus continues to claim lives and infect more people everyday in the
country as elsewhere.
“The days from May 7 to 14 have been announced as general holidays while
public holiday on May 6, on the occasion of the Buddha Purnima, and weekend
on May 8, 9, 15 and 16 will be added to the holidays,” said a Public
Administration Ministry circular issued here today.
This is the fifth time the government extended the vacation after it first
announced closure of all the public and private offices from March 26 to
April 4.
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