{"id":58911,"date":"2020-05-04T13:25:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=58911"},"modified":"2020-05-04T13:25:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:25:42","slug":"general-holidays-to-continue-until-may-15-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=58911","title":{"rendered":"General holidays to continue until May 15: PM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government wants to extend the ongoing general holidays until May 15.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve declared the general holidays till May 5\u2026now we want to continue it till May 15,” she said.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister said this while holding a videoconference with the public representatives and officials of the districts of Rangpur division over the COVID-19 issue from her official residence Ganabhaban.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister said the government has given directives to reopen shops so that buying and selling could be done during this Ramadan alongside keeping shops for Iftar and Sehri items open taking special measurers.<\/p>\n

She also mentioned that small industries at district level can be operated and directives have been given in this regard.<\/p>\n

Putting emphasis on keeping the wheel of the economy moving ensuring people\u2019s protection with focus on health issues, Hasina said the cabinet division will give directives in this regard very soon.<\/p>\n

“Government offices will be reopened on a limited scale. Eid is ahead and people need to go shopping and buy what they need most,” she said.<\/p>\n

But the Prime Minister asked people to avoid public gatherings. “You\u2019ve to protect yourselves from these\u2026there is a possibility to get infected,” she said.<\/p>\n

The districts under Rangpur division are– Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur and Gaibandha.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar and some private TV channels and radio stations broadcast the videoconference live.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government wants to extend the ongoing general holidays until May 15. “We\u2019ve declared the general holidays till May 5\u2026now we want to continue it till May 15,” she said. The Prime Minister said this while holding a videoconference with the public representatives and officials of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":58912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n