Economic Reporter :
Markets and shops in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country to reopen from today (Sunday) amid infection of cases of COVID-19, the life-threatening disease, are increasing day by day.
Dhaka New Market, Baitul Mukarram Market, Stadium Market, Gulistan-Fulbaria belt markets, Mouchack Market, Bashundhara Shopping Mall, Jamuna Future Park and a number of markets in cities posh area will reopen on the day.
The businessmen who were fighting for livelihood will open their businesses maintaining safety of employees and shoppers.
Dhaka’s New Market will pull up its shutters on Sunday after more than two months of closure during the shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak.
Three of the complex’s four gates will be opened to the public with several restrictions aimed at maintaining social distancing and other health protocols for the safety of customers, said Aminul Islam Shaheen, the president of New Market Shop Owners’ Association.
Other shops in the area, including Chandni Chawk and Chandrima Super Market, are set to reopen this week, according to traders.
New Market had closed its doors to the public a few days before the start of the nationwide lockdown on Mar 26.
Although the market authorities were given the green light to reopen in early May for Eid-ul-Fitr, traders decided to keep the shutters down fearing a further spread of the coronavirus infection.
“We are passing through a difficult phase of the coronavirus outbreak. But in order to protect our livelihoods, the decision was taken to reopen the market despite the health risks,” Shahin, a leading trader at the market, said.
Markets and shops in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country to reopen from today (Sunday) amid infection of cases of COVID-19, the life-threatening disease, are increasing day by day.
Dhaka New Market, Baitul Mukarram Market, Stadium Market, Gulistan-Fulbaria belt markets, Mouchack Market, Bashundhara Shopping Mall, Jamuna Future Park and a number of markets in cities posh area will reopen on the day.
The businessmen who were fighting for livelihood will open their businesses maintaining safety of employees and shoppers.
Dhaka’s New Market will pull up its shutters on Sunday after more than two months of closure during the shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak.
Three of the complex’s four gates will be opened to the public with several restrictions aimed at maintaining social distancing and other health protocols for the safety of customers, said Aminul Islam Shaheen, the president of New Market Shop Owners’ Association.
Other shops in the area, including Chandni Chawk and Chandrima Super Market, are set to reopen this week, according to traders.
New Market had closed its doors to the public a few days before the start of the nationwide lockdown on Mar 26.
Although the market authorities were given the green light to reopen in early May for Eid-ul-Fitr, traders decided to keep the shutters down fearing a further spread of the coronavirus infection.
“We are passing through a difficult phase of the coronavirus outbreak. But in order to protect our livelihoods, the decision was taken to reopen the market despite the health risks,” Shahin, a leading trader at the market, said.
