{"id":68857,"date":"2021-05-16T17:34:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T17:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68857"},"modified":"2021-05-16T17:34:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T17:34:01","slug":"govt-issues-circular-extending-lockdown-till-may-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68857","title":{"rendered":"Govt issues circular extending lockdown till May 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-68858 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/15_govt-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/15_govt-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/15_govt.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/>Dhaka: The government has again extended the ongoing lockdown for another week until May 23 with two new directives alongside the existing ones to contain the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Cabinet Division issued a circular in this regard on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On May 5, the government extended the countrywide lockdown until May 16.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The circular said all the offices and agencies relating to revenue collection will be considered as emergency service providers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Besides, restaurants and eateries will remain open with only takeaway\/online services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As coronavirus cases kept growing at an alarming rate since mid-March, the government had imposed a \u2018loose\u2019 nationwide lockdown for one week from April 5 as part of its move to contain its spread.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Later, a \u2018stricter\u2019 lockdown was announced from April 14 to 21. On April 28, the government again extended the lockdown until May 5 and issued six fresh directives as the country is struggling to contain the Covid-19 transmission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On April 23, the Cabinet Division issued a notice allowing shops and shopping malls to operate from April 25 (10am-5pm) on a condition that they would maintain proper safety protocols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhaka: The government has again extended the ongoing lockdown for another week until May 23 with two new directives alongside the existing ones to contain the spread of Covid-19. The Cabinet Division issued a circular in this regard on Sunday. On May 5, the government extended the countrywide lockdown until May 16. The circular said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":68858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68857\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt issues circular extending lockdown till May 23 - Bornomalanews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dhaka: The government has again extended the ongoing lockdown for another week until May 23 with two new directives alongside the existing ones to contain the spread of Covid-19. The Cabinet Division issued a circular in this regard on Sunday. On May 5, the government extended the countrywide lockdown until May 16. The circular said [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68857\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bornomalanews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bornomalanewscom-101666198219917\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-16T17:34:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/15_govt.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Bornomalanews.com\",\"description\":\"::  Web Portal publish from New York ::\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68857#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/15_govt.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/15_govt.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68857#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68857\",\"name\":\"Govt issues circular extending lockdown till May 23 - Bornomalanews.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68857#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-16T17:34:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-16T17:34:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/87ffb085aa40cebbbb57d297e1d3b17b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68857#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68857\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68857#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Govt issues circular extending lockdown till May 23\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/87ffb085aa40cebbbb57d297e1d3b17b\",\"name\":\"Dhaka Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64d9231be0f6ac72283482b226074fc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64d9231be0f6ac72283482b226074fc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dhaka Desk\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.domaist.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bornomalanewscom-101666198219917\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?author=7\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68859,"href":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68857\/revisions\/68859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}