Gazette issued enforcing strict lockdown from July 1-7

The government has imposed a strict lockdown from July 1 to July 7 to contain current spread of Coronavirus. 

The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification in this regard on Wednesday. 

No one will be allowed to leave home without emergency reasons.  There will be no movement pass during the lockdown.

Except emergency services, government and private offices, shopping malls, markets and shops will remain closed. 

All kinds of transports, except for those carrying emergency supplies, will remain suspended.

However, ambulances and vehicles used for healthcare services and media would be exempted from the curbs.

Apart from police, members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Bangladesh Army will be on patrol to ensure that restrictions are followed strictly.