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E-COMMERCE-COVID
No restriction on e-commerce product delivery from 6am to 12am
DHAKA, April 7, 2021 (BSS) – The government has allowed the delivery
of e-commerce products from 6 am to 12 am for facilitating the
residents of Dhaka city and other parts of the country to get
foods and other products amid countrywide lockdown
to halt the spread of COVID-19.
To this end, the Commerce Ministry sent a letter to all divisional
commissioners, metropolitan police commissioners, deputy commissioners
and superintendents of police to take necessary actions on Tuesday.
According to the letter, the vehicles engaged in transporting food and
other essential commodities including agricultural products will be
able to move round the clock on the streets.
Organizations will provide identity cards and necessary documents to
their respective deliverymen and the vehicles involved in transporting
the essential commodities. The deliverymen and vehicles for the
e-Commerce delivery will have to carry stickers or identity card with
the logo and serial number of e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh,
the notification reads.
It also said the restaurants connected with e-Commerce organisation
can remain open from 6am to 10pm, maintaining the health guidelines.
Earlier, the government issued a notification announcing a lockdown
from April 5 to April 11 as the coronavirus infection was increasing
at an alarming rate. From today, bus services will operate from 6am to 6pm in all
city corporation areas including Dhaka.
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