Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 06 May 2021 12:54 PM BdST
Updated: 06 May 2021 12:54 PM BdST
After 22 days of shutdown, public transport services resumed in the district and metropolitan areas across Bangladesh on Thursday. );
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The government imposed a lockdown on Apr 5 to curb the spread of the coronavirus and tightened health restrictions later as the country entered the ‘strictest lockdown’ on Apr 14. Public transport by, road, water and rail, has been closed since.
Stores, shopping malls and commercial flights, both international and domestic, were recently allowed to operate as restrictions eased. But the public transport was still closed, leading to nationwide protests from workers, who called for services to resume while following health guidelines and with half the seats left empty.