![]() ![]() “Until today, orders of 649.30 million pieces of RMG products from 738 garment factories worth $2.4 billion have been cancelled,” Rubana Huq, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), told Anadolu Agency by phone. Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s main exporting ready-made garment (RMG) sector is incurring a huge shortfall. The closure of all educational institutions in the country has been extended to April 9 from March 31 previously, the Ministry of Education said in a statement. ![]() In addition, the Department of Immigration and Passports on Monday suspended new enrollments for both electronic and machine readable passports until further notice while offering special arrangements for urgent cases. The government also decided to suspend all domestic commercial flights from midnight Tuesday until further notice as part of efforts to encourage people to stay home to contain the outbreak. The Bangladesh Railway Authority has also suspended all local, commuter and mail train services across the country until further notice. Thousands of Bangladeshis prefer to travel daily by ferry and passenger boats, especially those in the country’s southern regions. “We have postponed all launch services ,” Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Chairman Commodore Golam Sadeq confirmed to Anadolu Agency by phone. He also warned people not to travel on any trucks or goods-laden vehicles. Trucks, covered vans and vehicles carrying medicine, fuel and perishable items will remain out of the purview of the lockdown,” said Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader. “It was decided to lock down all public transport across the country from March 26 to April 4. Bangladesh imposed a nationwide lockdown Tuesday to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in the wake of four deaths and at least 39 infections.Īuthorities declared a ban on passenger travel via water, rail and on domestic air routes from March 24 while all public transport on roads will be suspended from March 26 to stem the spread of virus, officially known as COVID-19. ![]()
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