Violating health rules: Market in Dhaka’s Paltan shut down for 4 hours
Shopkeepers gather in front of China Town shopping mall after Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity shut down the market for around four hours due to lack of health safety rules. Photo: Amran Hossain
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
China Town shopping mall in Dhaka s Paltan area was shut down for around four hours after its authorities failed to follow health safety rules this morning.
Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity, an association of shop owners, shut down the market around 9:30am after its leaders found violation of health rules there.
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And amidst the second wave of Covid-19 infections, sales have fallen further as the government introduced movement restrictions and lockdowns.
The sales were great during the first six months of the current fiscal as the pandemic led to soaring digitalisation. Many people had to purchase digital devices to cope with the new normal, including remote offices and virtual meetings.
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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.