Close Shops by 8pm: Taposh Urges Businesses, Shops

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh urged owners of business establishments and shops to shut their shops by 8 pm every day as Covid-19 infections are increasing at an alarming rate in the country again.

The DSCC Mayor came up with the request while talking to reporters after visiting the Gopibagh Boys Club Field in the city on Wednesday.

Some 3,567 people were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Bangladesh in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, the highest number of infections registered by the country in a single day.

Bangladesh also recorded 25 more Covid-related deaths during the period, raising the death toll to 8,738.

Bangladesh is seeing an alarming rise in coronavirus infections in the past few weeks after a downtrend in both the death toll and new cases.

On January 19, Bangladesh reported its virus infection rate at just 5 percent and at one stage it fell below 3 percent. The cases have started soaring again since February 9.

Bangladesh reported its first Covid-19 cases on March 8, 2020, and the first death on March 18 the same year.