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PM relaxes shutdown in consultation with experts: Quader
DHAKA, May 29, 2020 (BSS) – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader
today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided, in consultation with
experts, not to prolong the nationwide general holidays amid the ongoing
coronavirus crisis considering the livelihoods of people.
“In consultation with experts, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided
not to extend general holidays, and resume public transports with conditions
aiming to keep the livelihoods of the people smooth apart from protecting
their lives,” he said.
Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said this while
speaking at a view-exchange meeting through videoconferencing from his
official residence here.
The Bangladesh Road Transportation Authority (BRTC) held the view-exchange
meeting with transport owners and workers at its Banani office in the city.
The road transport and bridges minister said the government suspected the
movement of transportation and announced general holidays in the last week of
March 2020 to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Though deaths from COVID-19 and coronavirus transmission reached an
alarming level in many countries, they have relaxed lockdown considering the
overall situation, he said.
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