Health guidelines ignored at Dhaka kitchen markets on first day of ‘strict lockdown’ Bhasantek kitchen market on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Photo: star Star Digital Report Star Digital Report Although Dhaka streets were mostly vacant since this morning, on the first day of government-imposed "strict lockdown", the scenario was quite different in the kitchen markets. People were thronging many kitchen markets around the city today, as witnessed by our reporters while visiting markets in Bhasantek, Mirpur, Demra, Jatrabari and Wari. Physical distancing and other health guidelines were not maintained while many were seen without masks. A police official deployed near Bhasantek kitchen market said that they initially tried to force people into maintaining physical distancing. But they failed as even more people started coming around noon.