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Markets, malls abuzz with Eid shoppers
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Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:00 AM The shops in front of Chadni Chowk market were seen buzzing with people yesterday, but social distancing was hardly a matter of concern for shoppers and sellers. Photo: Muntakim Saad >
The shops in front of Chadni Chowk market were seen buzzing with people yesterday, but social distancing was hardly a matter of concern for shoppers and sellers. Photo: Muntakim Saad
Even amid the pandemic, Dhaka residents thronged shopping centres and markets yesterday for Eid shopping.
It was the second day of the eight-day easing of lockdown restrictions.
As it was a weekend, the day saw less traffic and public movement on city streets, with the exception of market areas, which were inundated with people from all walks of life.
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Man dies after motorcycle collided with battery-run van in Dhaka’s Paribagh Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
A motorcyclist died and his pillion rider sustained injuries after their bike collided with a battery-run van on an apparently vacant road in Dhaka s Paribagh area early today.
The deceased was identified as Mohiuddin, 30, an employee of a shop at Gausia Market, police said.
The incident occurred around 1:30am when Mohiuddin along with his friend Tanvir, 25, went out of his Kamrangirchar home with the bike during the strict lockdown , said Champak Chakraborty, a sub-inspector of Shahbagh Police Station.
As they reached near a petrol pump in Paribagh area, the bike collided with the van, leaving them injured, he said.
Restrictions largely ignored in Dhaka markets
Staff Correspondent | Published: 23:33, Apr 09,2021 | Updated: 23:44, Apr 09,2021
Shoppers crowd a clothes store at Gausia Market in Dhaka on Friday as the store offered discount on its items amid worsening COVID-19 situation. Sony Ramany
Both shoppers and shopkeepers in a number of city markets on Friday, the first day of market reopening after four days of shutdown, largely ignored health restrictions imposed by the government amid worsening COVID-19 situation.
Traders said that no government agency visited their markets on the first day while the number of customers was very low.
On April 4, the Cabinet Division issued an 11-point instruction restricting public movement and businesses and banning operations of all modes of public transport, including domestic flights, across the country for a week with effect from Monday.