Govt eyeing to ease strict lockdown from July 15

- A Monitor Desk Report Date: 12 July, 2021

Dhaka: The government is eyeing to ease the ongoing strict lockdown from July 15 by lifting some restrictions ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

"A proposal in this regard has been sent, for allowing public transport to run again and shops to open on a limited scale," said the Cabinet Division.

However, "considering the Covid-19 crisis, the government may impose strict lockdown again after Eid-ul-Azha," an official of the Cabinet Division claimed.

Nonetheless, the proposal is currently awaiting approval from the government's top authorities.

Due to the rising cases of coronavirus, the government imposed a nationwide strict lockdown on July 1 initially. Then it was again extended till July 14.